Jan. 6 panel votes to hold Meadows in contempt

Source: The Hill | December 13, 2021 | Mike Lillis and Scott Wong

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack voted Monday to hold former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress over his refusal to cooperate with the probe, sending another warning to potential holdouts that noncompliance could lead to criminal charges.

The resolution now moves to the full House, which is expected to pass it on Tuesday, largely along party lines. That would make Meadows the second confidant of former President Trump to be sanctioned by the Democratically controlled House for defying a subpoena, after Steve Bannon was held in contempt in October.

Meadows had unique access to the planning and strategy discussions surrounding the efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn the election results and prevent Joe Biden from taking power. A report released Sunday by Congress’s investigative committee revealed that Meadows, a former North Carolina lawmaker and Freedom Caucus founder, played a central role in the organization of efforts to defy the will of voters and keep Trump in office.

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Meadows had initially refused to cooperate in the investigation, then changed course and provided investigators with roughly 9,000 pages of texts, emails and other communications he had on and around Jan. 6.

In a 51-page report released Sunday by the select committee, investigators detailed the types of questions they would have asked Meadows had he appeared before them.

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