A US congressional committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol votes unanimously to hold Donald Trump's former chief of staff Mark Meadows in criminal contempt of Congress.
A US congressional committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol has voted unanimously to hold Donald Trump's former chief of staff Mark Meadows in criminal contempt of Congress.The congressional committee wants to speak to Mr Meadows about records he had turned over when he appeared to be co-operating with their subpoena
The committee said it was left with no choice after Mr Meadows refused to cooperate with the investigation citing executive privilege, a legal principle protecting White House communications. The documents are also reported to show that Mr Meadows wrote in an email that the National Guard would be present on January 6 in order to “protect pro-Trump people”.
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