BREAKING: Congressional committee investigating Jan. 6 attack recommends Trump former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, face contempt of Congress charge; referral moves to the full House where it is expected to come up for a vote as soon as Tuesday.
Committee members on Monday evening read aloud text messages they said Meadows received on and around Jan. 6 from lawmakers, without naming any members of Congress. One of those texts read:"On January 6, 2021, Vice President Mike Pence, as President of the Senate, should call out all electoral votes that he believes are unconstitutional as no electoral votes at all."
Meadows previously engaged with the investigative panel by turning over documents that committee vice chair Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., characterized as"interesting and important." The Jan. 6 committee had planned on asking Meadows about the documents during a scheduled Dec. 8 deposition, but his lawyer told lawmakers the night beforehand that Meadows was"It comes down to this: Mr. Meadows started by doing the right thing—cooperating.
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