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meadows as it did with mr. bannon bannon and prosecute himr violating the law and his duty as a citizen. i support advancing this contempt referral, and i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. aguilar. >> last tuesday, the select committee received a memo from mr. meadows' lawyers saying his client's appearances had become untenable. something else happened last tuesday. the chief's chief hit the bookstores, mr. meadows' memoir. this is a witness who is refusing to comply with the law and answer our questions in part because he says the former president has instructed him to do so. he says he was the chief of staff and couldn't disclose, his conversations with the president, but let's take a look at the book. this is from a section dealing with the january 6 rally at the ellipse. i am not going to read the whole thing because we know what the president said publicly that day, but i want to read this part. when he got off stage, president trump let me k
meadows as it did with mr. bannon bannon and prosecute himr violating the law and his duty as a citizen. i support advancing this contempt referral, and i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. aguilar. >> last tuesday, the select committee received a memo from mr. meadows' lawyers saying his client's appearances had become untenable. something else happened last tuesday. the chief's chief hit the bookstores, mr. meadows'...
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as mr. meadows' nonprivileged texts reveal, mr. meadows communicated multiple times with another member of this body who was working with mr. clarke. mr. meadows has no basis to refuse to testify regarding those communications. he is in contempt. january 6 was without precedence. there has been no stronger case in our nation's history for a congressional investigation into the actions of a former president. this body must investigate the facts in detail and we're entitled to ask mr. meadows about the nonprivileged materials he has produced to us. madam speaker, i'm sure you'll hear my colleagues this afternoon say that there are privilege issues here that must be resolved before we can move forward. any argument that the courts need to resolve privilege issues first is a pretext. whether he question mr. meadows about emails and texts he gave us without any privilege claim. mr. meadows' role in the rapness berger call cannot be privileged. nor can his dealings with a member of this body regarding jeff clarke. this committee must get
as mr. meadows' nonprivileged texts reveal, mr. meadows communicated multiple times with another member of this body who was working with mr. clarke. mr. meadows has no basis to refuse to testify regarding those communications. he is in contempt. january 6 was without precedence. there has been no stronger case in our nation's history for a congressional investigation into the actions of a former president. this body must investigate the facts in detail and we're entitled to ask mr. meadows...
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meadows as it did with mr. bannon and prosecute him for violating the law and his duty as a citizen. i support advancing this contempt referral, mr. chairman and i yield back. >> gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. aguilar. >> thank you, mr. chairman. last tuesday, december 7th, the committee received a letter from his lawyer untenable. something else happened last tuesday. the chief's chief hit the book stores, mr. meadows memoir. and remember, this is a witness refusing to comply with the law and answering our questions in part because he says the former president has instructed him to do so. he says he was the chief of staff and he couldn't possibly disclose his conversations with the former president, but take a look at the book. this is from a section dealing with the january 6th rally at the eclipse and i'm going to put this quote up on the screens. i'm not going to read the whole thing because we all know what the president said publicly that day, but i want to
meadows as it did with mr. bannon and prosecute him for violating the law and his duty as a citizen. i support advancing this contempt referral, mr. chairman and i yield back. >> gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. aguilar. >> thank you, mr. chairman. last tuesday, december 7th, the committee received a letter from his lawyer untenable. something else happened last tuesday. the chief's chief hit the book stores, mr. meadows memoir. and...
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we would like to ask mr. meadows what he thought about that. mr. meadows' behavior and refusal to do his moral duty shows why we need stronger tools to enforce congressional subpoenas. it's an issue i worked on for years but in the absence of changes we will use the tools we have, and i expect the justice department to move as swiftly in dealing with mr. meadows as it did with there bannon. and prosecute him for violating the law and his duty as a citizen. i support advancing the contempt referral, mr. chairman, and i yield back. >> gentleman, yields back the chair recognizing gentleman from california, mr. aguilar. >> thank you, mr. cheryl. last tuesday, december 7th, the select committee received a letter from mr. meadows lawyer telling us that his client's appearance for the deposition had become and i am quoting untenable. something else happened last tuesday. the chief's chief at the books stores. the memoir. remember, this is a witness who is refusing to comply with the law and answer our questions. in part, because he says the former preside
we would like to ask mr. meadows what he thought about that. mr. meadows' behavior and refusal to do his moral duty shows why we need stronger tools to enforce congressional subpoenas. it's an issue i worked on for years but in the absence of changes we will use the tools we have, and i expect the justice department to move as swiftly in dealing with mr. meadows as it did with there bannon. and prosecute him for violating the law and his duty as a citizen. i support advancing the contempt...
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as mr. meadows' nonprivileged texts reveal, mr. meadows communicated multiple times with another member of this body who was working with mr. clarke. mr. meadows has no basis to refuse to testify regarding those communications. he is in contempt. january 6 was without precedence. there has been no stronger case in our nation's history for a congressional investigation into the actions of a former president. this body must investigate the facts in detail and we're entitled to ask mr. meadows about the nonprivileged materials he has produced to us. madam speaker, i'm sure you'll hear my colleagues this afternoon say that there are privilege issues here that must be resolved before we can move forward. any argument that the courts need to resolve privilege issues first is a pretext. whether he question mr. meadows about emails and texts he gave us without any privilege claim. mr. meadows' role in the rapness berger call cannot be privileged. nor can his dealings with a member of this body regarding jeff clarke. this committee must get
as mr. meadows' nonprivileged texts reveal, mr. meadows communicated multiple times with another member of this body who was working with mr. clarke. mr. meadows has no basis to refuse to testify regarding those communications. he is in contempt. january 6 was without precedence. there has been no stronger case in our nation's history for a congressional investigation into the actions of a former president. this body must investigate the facts in detail and we're entitled to ask mr. meadows...
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we would like to ask mr. meadows what he thought about that. mr. meadows' behavior and his refusal to do his moral duty shows why we need stronger tools to enforce rules. in the absence of those changes we will use the tools we have and i expect the justice department to move aswiftly in dealing with pl -- mr. meadows as we did with mr. bannon. i support advancing this contempt referral, mr. chairman and i yield back. >> gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. aguilar. >> thank you, mr. chairman, the last tuesday december 7th we received a letter saying his client's appearance for the deposition had become and i'm quoting untenable. something else happened last tuesday. the chief's chief hit the bookstores. mr. meadows memoir, remember, this is a witness who is refusing to compile with the law and answer our questions. in part because he says the former president has instructed him to do so. he says he was the chief of staff and he couldn't possibly disclose his conversations with the former president. but let
we would like to ask mr. meadows what he thought about that. mr. meadows' behavior and his refusal to do his moral duty shows why we need stronger tools to enforce rules. in the absence of those changes we will use the tools we have and i expect the justice department to move aswiftly in dealing with pl -- mr. meadows as we did with mr. bannon. i support advancing this contempt referral, mr. chairman and i yield back. >> gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from...
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meadows is something like from mr. clark, the desire to take the fifth amendment, because 18 usc 115 following article 3 clause 1, treason against the united states shall consist only in living war against them or adhering to the enemies given them aid and comfort. treason is defined, going back to dictionary, treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance. and what you described is the minute donald trump said fake news, all of a sudden everything stops because there's a pledge of allegiance to donald trump above and beyond the constitution here, which really is frightening. 18 usc 115, which is why i think that we're going to see the 5th amendment being played, whoever owing allegiance to the united states levees war against them or adheres to their enemies giving them aid and comfort within the united states or elsewhere is guilty of treason and shall suffer death. this is a death penalty statute, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not les
meadows is something like from mr. clark, the desire to take the fifth amendment, because 18 usc 115 following article 3 clause 1, treason against the united states shall consist only in living war against them or adhering to the enemies given them aid and comfort. treason is defined, going back to dictionary, treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance. and what you described is the minute donald trump said fake news, all of a sudden everything stops...
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as mr. meadows' nonprivileged texts reveal, mr. meadows communicated multiple times with another member of this body who was working with mr. clarke. mr. meadows has no basis to refuse to testify regarding those communications. he is in contempt. january 6 was without precedence. there has been no stronger case in our nation's history for a congressional investigation into the actions of a former president. this body must investigate the facts in detail and we're entitled to ask mr. meadows about the nonprivileged materials he has produced to us. madam speaker, i'm sure you'll hear my colleagues this afternoon say that there are privilege issues here that must be resolved before we can move forward. any argument that the courts need to resolve privilege issues first is a pretext. whether he question mr. meadows about emails and texts he gave us without any privilege claim. mr. meadows' role in the rapness berger call cannot be privileged. nor can his dealings with a member of this body regarding jeff clarke. this committee must get
as mr. meadows' nonprivileged texts reveal, mr. meadows communicated multiple times with another member of this body who was working with mr. clarke. mr. meadows has no basis to refuse to testify regarding those communications. he is in contempt. january 6 was without precedence. there has been no stronger case in our nation's history for a congressional investigation into the actions of a former president. this body must investigate the facts in detail and we're entitled to ask mr. meadows...
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as mr. meadows' nonprivileged texts reveal, mr. meadows communicated multiple times with another member of this body who was working with mr. clark. mr. meadows has no basis to refuse to testify regarding those communications. he is in contempt. january 6th was without precedent. there has been no stronger case in our nation's history for a congressional investigation into the actions of a former president. this body must investigate the facts in detail, and we are entitled to ask mr. meadows about the nonprivileged materials he has produced to us. madam speaker, i am sure you will hear my colleagues this afternoon say that there are privileged issues here that must be resolved before we can move forward. any argument that the courts need to resolve, privilege issues first, is a pretext. we will question mr. meadows about emails and texts he gave us without any privilege claim. mr. meadows' role in the raffensperger call cannot be privileged, nor can his dealings with a member of this body regarding jeff clark. this committee must
as mr. meadows' nonprivileged texts reveal, mr. meadows communicated multiple times with another member of this body who was working with mr. clark. mr. meadows has no basis to refuse to testify regarding those communications. he is in contempt. january 6th was without precedent. there has been no stronger case in our nation's history for a congressional investigation into the actions of a former president. this body must investigate the facts in detail, and we are entitled to ask mr. meadows...
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both sent by mr. meadows and received by mr. meadows. what congresswoman liz cheney did tonight was read out love some of the text messages that mark meadows, trump white house chief of staff received while the u.s. capital was under attack on january six. these are techs she said mark evidence that the white house knew exactly what was going on in realtime at the u.s. capitol on the six. listen to this, this is pretty stunning stuff. >> this vote on contempt today, relates principally to mr. meadows refusal to testify about techs misogyny and other communications that he admits are not privileged. he has not claimed and does not have any privileged basis to refuse entirely to testify regarding these topics. let me give just three examples. first, president trump's failure to stop the violence. on january six, our capital building was attacked and invaded. the mob was summoned to washington by president trump. and as many of those involved have admitted, on videotape and social media and in federal district court, they were provoked to v
both sent by mr. meadows and received by mr. meadows. what congresswoman liz cheney did tonight was read out love some of the text messages that mark meadows, trump white house chief of staff received while the u.s. capital was under attack on january six. these are techs she said mark evidence that the white house knew exactly what was going on in realtime at the u.s. capitol on the six. listen to this, this is pretty stunning stuff. >> this vote on contempt today, relates principally to...
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mr. meadows' testimony will inform ourjudgments on those issues, but mr. meadows has refused to give any testimony at all, even regarding non-privileged topics. that puts him in contempt of congress. and let me pause and just note that we as republicans used to be unified on this point, in terms of what happened on january 6th, and the responsibility that the president had to stop it. we all remember, every one of us, what republican leader mccarthy said on the floor of the house the following week. quote, the president bears responsibility for wednesday's attack on congress by mob rioters. he should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding. these facts require immediate action by president trump. that was republican leader mccarthy. mr. meadows has also got knowledge regarding president trump's efforts to persuade state officials to alter their official election results. in georgia, mr. meadows participated in a phone call between president trump and georgia secretary of state raffensperger. he was on the phone when president trum
mr. meadows' testimony will inform ourjudgments on those issues, but mr. meadows has refused to give any testimony at all, even regarding non-privileged topics. that puts him in contempt of congress. and let me pause and just note that we as republicans used to be unified on this point, in terms of what happened on january 6th, and the responsibility that the president had to stop it. we all remember, every one of us, what republican leader mccarthy said on the floor of the house the following...
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absolutely you're right, mr. morelle. you also mentioned mr. meadows' book. as the committee described last night, there are many instances in mr. meadows' book where he talks about issues that are of great interest to us. including, for example, hhe recounts a conversation he had with former president trump after the former president urged people to march to the capitol and told people he would be with them in that march. mr. meadows recounts his conversation after that. of course details like that that he's recounting in a book but then refusing to answer questions before congress about, there's legitimate questions that he's obligated to appear to provide responses. failing to do so puts him in con contempt. >> i continue to scratch my head about the notion you would author a book on the subject, sell it to the american public and not be willing to testify to congress about the comments you made in the book. it's really astonishing to me that we're here. i also -- my colleagues have raised this, it's almost as though -- i appreciate what people have said,
absolutely you're right, mr. morelle. you also mentioned mr. meadows' book. as the committee described last night, there are many instances in mr. meadows' book where he talks about issues that are of great interest to us. including, for example, hhe recounts a conversation he had with former president trump after the former president urged people to march to the capitol and told people he would be with them in that march. mr. meadows recounts his conversation after that. of course details like...
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mr. meadows is in contempt. he must testify and i urge my colleagues to vote yes on this resolution and i reserve the balance of my time. >> the gentlewoman reserves is balance of her time. gentleman from indiana. >> thank you, madame speaker. here we go again, for the first time in history, democrats have complete control over a select committee. i hope the american people are paying close attention. i hope they see what happens when democrats get total power. they abuse it. they intimidate, threaten and harass and they try to put their political opponents in jail. in a matter of weeks, the committee has passed three contempt citations. today, we vote on holding mark meadows in contempt of congress. on september 23, 2021, the committee served meadows is subpoena for a sweeping set of documents and a deposition. in october, president trump instructed mr. meadows to maintain his executive privilege in any response to that subpoena. mr. meadows told the select committee he would give them any information they requ
mr. meadows is in contempt. he must testify and i urge my colleagues to vote yes on this resolution and i reserve the balance of my time. >> the gentlewoman reserves is balance of her time. gentleman from indiana. >> thank you, madame speaker. here we go again, for the first time in history, democrats have complete control over a select committee. i hope the american people are paying close attention. i hope they see what happens when democrats get total power. they abuse it. they...
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meadows as it did with mr. bannon and prosecute him for violating the law and his duty as a citizen. >> the select committee has a lot of questions about what the president said and did on january 6th. we have a lot of questions about the protests that day and how they escalated into a riot. mark meadows says he can't discuss those details with us but apparently he can put them in his book. >> mr. meadows was a central participant in the events that culminated in this assault on our capitol, our country, and our core democratic values. >> this witness must testify like 300 other witnesses before him have done. >> the extent of this effort reached the highest levels of our government and it runs right through mr. meadows. >> the house committee investigating january 6th did not mince words before voting unanimously to recommend a report holding former trump chief of staff mark meadows in contempt for defying the committee's subpoena. don't forget the members of the committee know meadows very personally. he was
meadows as it did with mr. bannon and prosecute him for violating the law and his duty as a citizen. >> the select committee has a lot of questions about what the president said and did on january 6th. we have a lot of questions about the protests that day and how they escalated into a riot. mark meadows says he can't discuss those details with us but apparently he can put them in his book. >> mr. meadows was a central participant in the events that culminated in this assault on our...
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p we need to talk to mr. meadows about that. >> on january 3rd mr. meadows was exchanging text messages with a lawmaker about the pressure campaign to get state i legislatures to overturn the results of the election. in one text message to a lawmaker mr. meadows wrote he, he presumably being president trump, "he thinks the legislatures have the power but the vp has power too." the power to do what? we could guess the power to overturn the election results. the power to reject the will of the voters. and days later a violent mob tried to get vice president at pence to do just that. we'd like to ask mr. meadows about that. >> congressman pete aguilar from the january 6th investigation there citing text messages between trump's white house chief of staff mark meadows and a member of congress. messages that appear to be about how to throw out the election results, state legislatures and the vice president. that's the plot. that was the scheme on how to do it. congressman jamie raskin also describing something sent to the white house chief of staff by a m
p we need to talk to mr. meadows about that. >> on january 3rd mr. meadows was exchanging text messages with a lawmaker about the pressure campaign to get state i legislatures to overturn the results of the election. in one text message to a lawmaker mr. meadows wrote he, he presumably being president trump, "he thinks the legislatures have the power but the vp has power too." the power to do what? we could guess the power to overturn the election results. the power to reject...
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meadows is part of that. because mr. meadows was the closest to the president. he was with him that day, during the 187 minutes, over three hours of inaction. and you know, i think it's he very important to what my colleague liz cheney said, either through his action or inaction he sought to impede the proceedings of congress. i think all of that picture is becoming more clear and if there are criminal elements to this certainly those things will be made clear to the public and provided to the department of justice as we move forward. >> there's been talk about members of congress who were texting with mark meadows, which again at one level members of congress, republicans texting with the white house chief of staff is not surprising. presumably that happens all the time. it's in the context of this that those are quite striking. including the one yesterday that sort of mournfully talked about it didn't work out yesterday, what a sad day. there's a question about who those members are and whether the public has a right to know who they are and when we would find
meadows is part of that. because mr. meadows was the closest to the president. he was with him that day, during the 187 minutes, over three hours of inaction. and you know, i think it's he very important to what my colleague liz cheney said, either through his action or inaction he sought to impede the proceedings of congress. i think all of that picture is becoming more clear and if there are criminal elements to this certainly those things will be made clear to the public and provided to the...
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they texted mr. meadows. and he has turned over those techs. quote, mark, what the president needs to tell people in the capital to go home. this is hurting all of us. he is destroying his legacy. laura ingraham wrote, where please get him on tv destroying everything you have accomplished. brian kilmeade texted. quote, can he make a statement, ask people to leave the capitol? sean hannity urged. >> liz cheney revealed more text that mark meadows received on january six. >> members of congress, the press and others wrote to mark meadows as the attack was underway one techs mr. meadows received said, quote, we are under siege here at the capitol. another, quote, they have breached the capitol. in a third, mark, protesters are literally storming the capital. breaking windows on doors, rushing in. is trump going to say something? a fourth. there is an armed standoff at the house chamber doors. and another, from someone inside of the capitol. we are all helpless. dozens of texas including from trump administration officials urged immediate actions b
they texted mr. meadows. and he has turned over those techs. quote, mark, what the president needs to tell people in the capital to go home. this is hurting all of us. he is destroying his legacy. laura ingraham wrote, where please get him on tv destroying everything you have accomplished. brian kilmeade texted. quote, can he make a statement, ask people to leave the capitol? sean hannity urged. >> liz cheney revealed more text that mark meadows received on january six. >> members...
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one text mr. meadows received said, quote, we are under siege here at the capitol. another, quote, they have breached the capitol. in a third, mark, protesters are literally storming the capitol. breaking windows on doors, rushing in. is trump going to say something? >> well it turns out that trump's own family and friends over at fox news were begging the president to take a stand against the ongoing violence. >> indeed according to the records multiple fox news host knew the president needed to act immediately. they texted mr. meadows. and he has turned over those text. quote mark, the president needs to tell people in the capital to go home. this is hurting all of us. he is destroying his legacy. laura ingraham wrote. please, get him on tv. destroying everything you have accomplished. brian kilmeade texted. quote, can he make a statement. ask people to leave the capital? sean hannity, the are just. as the violence continued. one of the president sons texted mr. meadows, quote, he's got to condemn this
one text mr. meadows received said, quote, we are under siege here at the capitol. another, quote, they have breached the capitol. in a third, mark, protesters are literally storming the capitol. breaking windows on doors, rushing in. is trump going to say something? >> well it turns out that trump's own family and friends over at fox news were begging the president to take a stand against the ongoing violence. >> indeed according to the records multiple fox news host knew the...
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that's the clash over mr. meadows cooperation. but i believe the most important thing is where we start right now. how that procedural clash is actually yielding new factual information about trove of digital evidence. so our top story is that evidence, which is separate from this process battle over meadows' participation and whether he'll be forced to cough up more evidence because what's already coming out right now is very damning, so damning that it takes a moment to actually absorb. we are right now going to share with you something we do around here, which is just the facts, however disturbing they may be, beginning with what we learned from one of the republican members of this committee, liz cheney who read into the record the evidence that many prominent conservatives were privately urging trump to stop the horrific insurrection violence from influential fox news hosts to donald trump jr. himself, cheney reading from the texts that those people wrote to meadows in the heat of those dangerous moments that they thought wou
that's the clash over mr. meadows cooperation. but i believe the most important thing is where we start right now. how that procedural clash is actually yielding new factual information about trove of digital evidence. so our top story is that evidence, which is separate from this process battle over meadows' participation and whether he'll be forced to cough up more evidence because what's already coming out right now is very damning, so damning that it takes a moment to actually absorb. we...
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meadows, mr. bannon, mr. clark, history will be written about these times, about the work we have underattend history will not look upon any of you as martyrs, as a victim, history will not dwell on your long list of privileged claims or your legal sleight of hand. >> joining us now, mary trump, niece of donald trump, she is the author of "the wreckoning, the nation's trauma and finding a way to heal." and her new podcast is the mary trump show. you've had time to think about, it not that you needed it, but why was your cousin donald jr. mark meadows instead of his dad? >> donnie knew the message was delivering was a message his father did not want to hear. the question i have was how much was mark meadows pushing hard to get the truth to donald? and my guess is not very hard at all. >> yeah, the one thing that becomes very clear in these dramatic texts that were released just tonight by the committee, whether they be from sean hannity, the laura ingram, the fox team, republican members of the house of repres
meadows, mr. bannon, mr. clark, history will be written about these times, about the work we have underattend history will not look upon any of you as martyrs, as a victim, history will not dwell on your long list of privileged claims or your legal sleight of hand. >> joining us now, mary trump, niece of donald trump, she is the author of "the wreckoning, the nation's trauma and finding a way to heal." and her new podcast is the mary trump show. you've had time to think about,...
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we need to talk to mr. meadows about that. on january 3rd, mr. meadows was exchanging text messages with a lawmaker about the pressure campaign. to get state legislatures to overturn the results of the election. in one text message to a lawmaker, mr. meadows wrote, he presumably being presidential, amp quote, he thinks the legislatures have the power. but the vp has power to. and quote. the power to do what? we can get the power to overturn the election results. the power to reject the will of the voters. and days later, a violent mob tried to get vice president pence to do that. we'd like to ask mr. meadows about that. >> congressman pete aguilar from the january six investigation they're citing text messages between trump's white house chief of staff, mark meadows and a member of congress. messages that appeared to be about how to throw out the election results. state legislatures and the vice president, that is how will do it, right? that was the plot. that was the scheme. by which they tried to do. it congressman jamie raffensperger also said
we need to talk to mr. meadows about that. on january 3rd, mr. meadows was exchanging text messages with a lawmaker about the pressure campaign. to get state legislatures to overturn the results of the election. in one text message to a lawmaker, mr. meadows wrote, he presumably being presidential, amp quote, he thinks the legislatures have the power. but the vp has power to. and quote. the power to do what? we can get the power to overturn the election results. the power to reject the will of...
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let's take a listen. >> if you are listening at home, mr. meadows, mr. bannon, mr. clark, i want you to know this. history will be written about these times, about the work this committee has undertaken, and history will not look upon any of you as martyrs. >> reporter: of course that was the committee chairman bennie thompson, not adam schiff. my mistake. but the committee is clear they are going to pursue criminal contempt. they could refer this to the justice department for possible prosecution because meadows has suddenly decided to stonewall the committee. >> so there's damning evidence about why meadows should be complying with the subpoena. certainly there's a lot of points of inquiry that would not be subjected to executive privilege. how likely is it the justice department would prosecute meadows for contempt? >> reporter: this is a great question, anderson, because of course we know they're moving forward with a criminal case against steve bannon. but this case is different for several reasons. first of all, mark meadows was a top white house official on j
let's take a listen. >> if you are listening at home, mr. meadows, mr. bannon, mr. clark, i want you to know this. history will be written about these times, about the work this committee has undertaken, and history will not look upon any of you as martyrs. >> reporter: of course that was the committee chairman bennie thompson, not adam schiff. my mistake. but the committee is clear they are going to pursue criminal contempt. they could refer this to the justice department for...
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meadows as it did with mr. bannon, and prosecute him for violating the law and his duty as a citizen. >> the new information was detailed in documents that meadows had already handed over before he decided to stop cooperating with the investigation, claiming executive privilege. among the new revelations, we learned mr. meadows, participated in meetings and calls during which the participants reportedly discussed the need to fight back against mounting evidence of purported voter fraud. meadows also sent an e-mail to an unnamed person saying the national guard would be present to protect pro trump people. committee members tonight shared text messages that meadows' former colleagues were sending from inside the capitol building pleading with the white house to intervene. pleas that went ignored. >> for 187 minutes, president trump refused to act. when action by our president was required, essential, and indeed compelled by his oath to our constitution, mr. meadows received numerous text messages which he has pr
meadows as it did with mr. bannon, and prosecute him for violating the law and his duty as a citizen. >> the new information was detailed in documents that meadows had already handed over before he decided to stop cooperating with the investigation, claiming executive privilege. among the new revelations, we learned mr. meadows, participated in meetings and calls during which the participants reportedly discussed the need to fight back against mounting evidence of purported voter fraud....
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but mr. meadows ended the day today by suing the committee that's conducting the investigation in what appears to be an effort to drag this thing out, to slow it down. on top of that, in another surprise today we also learned that before mr. meadows decided to bail on his subpoenas and sue the investigation, he did hand over some materials to the committee that they find useful for their investigation. in a letter to mark meadows' attorney from the chair of the investigation, congressman bennie thompson today, thompson writes this, quote, despite your broad claims of privilege, mr. meadows has produced documents that you agree are relevant and not protected by privilege, including an email from november 7th, 2020, discussing the appointment of alternate slates of electors as part of a direct and collateral attack after the election, and an e-mail dated january 5th, 2021, the day before the attack on the capitol, regarding a 38-page power point briefing titled election fraud, foreign interfere
but mr. meadows ended the day today by suing the committee that's conducting the investigation in what appears to be an effort to drag this thing out, to slow it down. on top of that, in another surprise today we also learned that before mr. meadows decided to bail on his subpoenas and sue the investigation, he did hand over some materials to the committee that they find useful for their investigation. in a letter to mark meadows' attorney from the chair of the investigation, congressman bennie...
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meadows as it did with mr. bannon and prosecute him for violating the law and his duty as a citizen. >> mark meadows his committed a crime, in this case a premeditated one. he thought carefully about his actions and actively chose to stone wall, which you can clearly see in his back and forth with the select committee. first he produced over 9,000 pages of documents during his time in the white house, then after his former boss made it clear his displeasure he did a 180 and refused to answer a single question from his colleagues or show up at all. >> you can't retroactively claim privilege. it's some of these extraordinary pieces of evidence require additional explanation. he owes us an explanation and we need to get it in his unlawful refusal to answer the questions about the material that he has acknowledged is not subject to executive privilege. it's just simply unacceptable and illegal. >> and it doesn't end there. in the coming hours, lawmakers could get access to even more details, a key organizer of the
meadows as it did with mr. bannon and prosecute him for violating the law and his duty as a citizen. >> mark meadows his committed a crime, in this case a premeditated one. he thought carefully about his actions and actively chose to stone wall, which you can clearly see in his back and forth with the select committee. first he produced over 9,000 pages of documents during his time in the white house, then after his former boss made it clear his displeasure he did a 180 and refused to...
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ex-president trump exploded and called mr. meadows' book, fake news. amazingly mr. meadows agreed that his book was fake news, then he suddenly pulled the plug on his agreement to testify in formal deposition before our committee on december 8. instead, went to court and alleged our committee has no valid legislative purpose. mr. speaker, mr. meadows' sudden vanishing act is plainly a delay tactic designed to run out the clock on one of the most important investigations in the history of the united states of america. if we don't have a legislative purpose in investigating the most sweeping violent attack on the u.s. capitol since the war of 1812, and the most serious and most dangerous threat to american constitutional democracy since the civil war, then we really don't have a legislative purpose for anything we do here. it's this investigation into a dangerous assault on the american government is not necessary and proper under our constitution, then nothing is. article 1, section 8, clause 15 of the constitution gives congress of the united states the power to pro
ex-president trump exploded and called mr. meadows' book, fake news. amazingly mr. meadows agreed that his book was fake news, then he suddenly pulled the plug on his agreement to testify in formal deposition before our committee on december 8. instead, went to court and alleged our committee has no valid legislative purpose. mr. speaker, mr. meadows' sudden vanishing act is plainly a delay tactic designed to run out the clock on one of the most important investigations in the history of the...
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two republicans voted with democrats to hold mr meadows accountable. professor kimberly wehle from the university of baltimore school of law explains what's likely to happen next. the recommendation goes to thejustice department, that will then make a decision as to whether to actually indict him for contempt as recommended by the house of representatives. this exercise happened recently with former donald trump aide stephen bannon, and he was indicted and his trial is injuly. the factual circumstances are a little bit different. mr meadows did co—operate to some degree, he turned over 9,000 documents, records, including texts and emails that people are now talking about a lot. so there is no way to predict necessarily what will happen at the justice department, but the next step is a possible criminal indictment which could trigger up to one year in jail. donald trump did famously speak about his opponent at the time, he was the chief of staff. he is the top person closest to the president and he is managing the president's affairs, managing the whi
two republicans voted with democrats to hold mr meadows accountable. professor kimberly wehle from the university of baltimore school of law explains what's likely to happen next. the recommendation goes to thejustice department, that will then make a decision as to whether to actually indict him for contempt as recommended by the house of representatives. this exercise happened recently with former donald trump aide stephen bannon, and he was indicted and his trial is injuly. the factual...
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there is a reason why mr. meadows and mr. bannon and some of these other individuals are acting so hot under the collar, because there is a lot of pressure, criminal, legal and otherwise. that maya ply toly. they, of course, have the vote. beyond their right to vote, if they took actions to recall it -- just furtively try to get trump here. meadows could already face up to a year in jail if tonight's vote leads to an indictment and he is convicted. he also could find another way out of this, through cooperation or beating the case. where do we go from here? well, we are lucky to have someone who knows the doj process very well. we're back in 60 seconds. well. we're back in 60 seconds move to sofi and feel what it's like to get your money right. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ move to a sofi personal loan. earn $10 just for viewing your rate — and get your money right. ♪ >>> we're back with neal katyal. there is a lot to remember as we wait for this vote tonight. what stands out to you? >> first of all, i want to start by commending this
there is a reason why mr. meadows and mr. bannon and some of these other individuals are acting so hot under the collar, because there is a lot of pressure, criminal, legal and otherwise. that maya ply toly. they, of course, have the vote. beyond their right to vote, if they took actions to recall it -- just furtively try to get trump here. meadows could already face up to a year in jail if tonight's vote leads to an indictment and he is convicted. he also could find another way out of this,...
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one text mr. meadows received said, quote, this attack is utterly disgraceful. what time should i go on fox news and say it was
one text mr. meadows received said, quote, this attack is utterly disgraceful. what time should i go on fox news and say it was
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meadows. it reasons why the committee would like to hear from mr meadows.— to hear from mr meadows. it also sun aests to hear from mr meadows. it also suggests they _ to hear from mr meadows. it also suggests they would _ to hear from mr meadows. it also suggests they would be _ to hear from mr meadows. it also suggests they would be a - to hear from mr meadows. it also suggests they would be a major l suggests they would be a major event. you don't talk about sending in an national guard unless you are anticipating something that is why it is particularly tantalising. absolutely. this is on the eve of the big day and to have the chief of staff alerting people to this idea that the national guard as there is really quite something. it means that they must of been anticipating something very significant in terms of potential use of violence and the like and it does also dovetail with the former acting secretary of defence chris miller's testimony in which he also said that onjanuary three the president said to him to have the kind ready to protect the demonstrators.— have the kind
meadows. it reasons why the committee would like to hear from mr meadows.— to hear from mr meadows. it also sun aests to hear from mr meadows. it also suggests they _ to hear from mr meadows. it also suggests they would _ to hear from mr meadows. it also suggests they would be _ to hear from mr meadows. it also suggests they would be a - to hear from mr meadows. it also suggests they would be a major l suggests they would be a major event. you don't talk about sending in an national guard...
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we need to talk to mr. meadows about that. we need, also, to ask him about text messages which he provided to our committee that show an official in georgia texting mr. meadows during the trump-raffensperger call saying that they, quote, need to end this call, unquote. and emphasizing, quote, i don't think this will be a productive -- will be productive much longer, end quote. >> and to that point, committee member adam schiff unveiled another text we hadn't known about until now. this one, to meadows. sender, unknown. applauding the justice department appointment of jeffrey clark, who as you know was pushing the former president's election lies. >> i heard jeff clark is getting put in on monday. that's amazing. it will make a lot of patriots happy, and i am personally so proud that you are at the tip of the sphere and i call you a friend. >> the former president, you'll recall, tried to make clark acting attorney general to have someone at the department of justice who would do his bidding. another new text about precisely wh
we need to talk to mr. meadows about that. we need, also, to ask him about text messages which he provided to our committee that show an official in georgia texting mr. meadows during the trump-raffensperger call saying that they, quote, need to end this call, unquote. and emphasizing, quote, i don't think this will be a productive -- will be productive much longer, end quote. >> and to that point, committee member adam schiff unveiled another text we hadn't known about until now. this...
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there are ways for mr. meadows, and he has been trying to hide behind broad privilege claims. he could come before the committee and specify to each question what privilege he feels exists. he has not done that. he's provided documents but won't answer any questions related to those. we're going to move forward with the next steps this evening. >> cnn has learned that tonight your committee will lay out yet more of the substance of the meadows communications outlined in this 51-page report that i've gone through, very, very detailed report. how much context, congressman, will you provide to the american public about these communications? >> we'll provide more details. we continue to lay out the case, talk about the text messages, talk about mr. meadows' use of his private device in order to carry out government work. we aren't certain whether he turns those over to the national archives. so we continue to ask those questions. they're important to our legislative work that we're undertaking today. it's important to tell the full and complete truth about what happened on january
there are ways for mr. meadows, and he has been trying to hide behind broad privilege claims. he could come before the committee and specify to each question what privilege he feels exists. he has not done that. he's provided documents but won't answer any questions related to those. we're going to move forward with the next steps this evening. >> cnn has learned that tonight your committee will lay out yet more of the substance of the meadows communications outlined in this 51-page...
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as the violence continued, one of the president's sons texted mr. meadows. quote, he's got to condemn this shit asap. the capitol police tweet is not enough, donald trump jr. texted. >> the nine members of the bipartisan committee unanimously voted tonight to hold meadows in contempt for refusing to answer their questions. but it's clear even in the absence of his testimony, the committee has amassed a tremendous amount of evidence. cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles joins me now from capitol hill. ryan, i said at the outset, it was really a stunning evening. i don't know what surprised me more, to hear the names called out of fox news personalities who frankly don't talk about the events of january 6 and yet they were urging mark meadows to get the president to shut it down or the references made to republican members of congress who were doing likewise except they weren't named tonight. >> i think you're absolutely right, michael, and i think that is the big question that now lingers over this committee. who are those members of congress that were
as the violence continued, one of the president's sons texted mr. meadows. quote, he's got to condemn this shit asap. the capitol police tweet is not enough, donald trump jr. texted. >> the nine members of the bipartisan committee unanimously voted tonight to hold meadows in contempt for refusing to answer their questions. but it's clear even in the absence of his testimony, the committee has amassed a tremendous amount of evidence. cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles joins me now...
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he texted mr. meadows, we need an oval office address he needs to leave now. it has gone too far and got out of hand. other message came from congress and even fox news presenters. brad kelman texted, please get him on tv saying what was happening was destroying everything you have accomplished. anthony in washington, what is interesting about these fox news text is -- texts is there is a difference between what they are saying on messages and what they have set on air. >> laura ingraham was pressuring mark meadows to get donald trump to make a public appearance until brought -- and tell protesters to go he. later that evening she talked about how she thoughthe attack on the capitol was instigated by antifa and not donald trump supporters. in a matter of hours, you get a different story. i think you can look it over the past 11 months how much -- at over the last 11 months how much the line has changed from this is damaging donald trump's legacy and he needs to essentially rallying behind donald trump and the power he has within the republican party and lookin
he texted mr. meadows, we need an oval office address he needs to leave now. it has gone too far and got out of hand. other message came from congress and even fox news presenters. brad kelman texted, please get him on tv saying what was happening was destroying everything you have accomplished. anthony in washington, what is interesting about these fox news text is -- texts is there is a difference between what they are saying on messages and what they have set on air. >> laura ingraham...
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meadows, mr. bannon, mr. clark, i want you to know this, history will be written about these times, about the work this committee has undertaken, and history will not look upon any of you as martyrs. >> reporter: the next step is this referral for criminal contempt charge to go to the house floor, where it'll likely pass, and then it'll go to the department of justice where it'll be up to attorney general merrick garland to decide how to handle this referral. >> we'll see how the attorney general does handle it. it's still remarkable in and of itself that a majority of the house is expected to do this, given that mark meadows was in the house once. whitney wild, thank you. >>> i want to bring in john avalos, se cupp, and early start anchor and attorney-at-law lalaura jarnt. la jarrett. laura, i want to start with you. fox news this, fox news that, i think this investigation changed as far as what the public knows about it. what has always been missing about january 67th is what was going on at the white house
meadows, mr. bannon, mr. clark, i want you to know this, history will be written about these times, about the work this committee has undertaken, and history will not look upon any of you as martyrs. >> reporter: the next step is this referral for criminal contempt charge to go to the house floor, where it'll likely pass, and then it'll go to the department of justice where it'll be up to attorney general merrick garland to decide how to handle this referral. >> we'll see how the...
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if mr. meadows was not involved, or was trying to in some way help the authorities prevent something terrible, that's information we would report. that's a big story. if he was just mia, then legally he's pretty much in the clear. although people can debate that. if, however, he did something wrong or bad, that's also newsworthy and maybe relevant to the government. i say all that because this goes to the process right now, which is whether they're going to get his cooperation or the facts in some other way. i would like your views on all of that with the context of one of the other trump figures, mr. eseman, talking about the pressure of criminal contempt. this was on fox. take a listen. >> congress has the power to issue criminal contempt. normally, those don't go anywhere in such charades as this, but the department of justice is fully in line, and they have already brought one criminal indictment against one of the people who review to comply. >> michelle. >> i actually don't think the q
if mr. meadows was not involved, or was trying to in some way help the authorities prevent something terrible, that's information we would report. that's a big story. if he was just mia, then legally he's pretty much in the clear. although people can debate that. if, however, he did something wrong or bad, that's also newsworthy and maybe relevant to the government. i say all that because this goes to the process right now, which is whether they're going to get his cooperation or the facts in...