In Predictable Move, House Jan. 6 Select Committee Votes to Hold Mark Meadows in Contempt of Congress

The House Jan. 6 Select Committee voted tonight to hold ex-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in Contempt of Congress.

It was a predictable move and the vote by the committee, which is being led by U.S. House Rep Bennie Thompson (D-MS), was a unanimous 9-0.

BREAKING: House Jan. 6 committee votes to hold Ex-Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in contempt

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The decision was made despite the fact that Meadows, a former North Carolina GOP congressman, has turned over thousands of pages of emails and texts.

Meadows, however, decided to ignore a subpoena to appear for a deposition last week and chose instead to file a lawsuit against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and the committee.

The committee released a 51-page resolution last night laying out the reasons he should be cited for contempt and the questions they want answered about the White House and former President Donald Trump’s role in the events that took place on Jan. 6.

Thompson wrote in the report, “Mr. Meadows was in contact with at least some of the private individuals who planned and organized a January 6 rally, one of whom reportedly may have expressed safety concerns to Mr. Meadows about January 6 events. Mr. Meadows used his personal cell phone to discuss the rally in the days leading up to January 6.”

The panel also unveiled some of the text message interactions involving Meadows and prominent conservatives on that day in what was essentially an attempt to damage them in the court of public opinion.

The committee’s Vice Chair U.S. House Rep Liz Cheney (R-WY) read the texts aloud during the meeting, which was livestreamed and shown on many networks.