The House of Representatives panel investigating the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol is threatening to hold Mark Meadows in contempt after former President Donald Trump’s …
The House of Representatives panel investigating the Jan.6 breach of the U.S. Capitol is threatening to hold Mark Meadows in contempt after former President Donald Trump’s chief of staff said he would not appear for a deposition. “Tomorrow’s deposition, which was scheduled at Mr. Meadows’s request, will go forward as planned. If indeed Mr. Meadows refuses to appear, the select committee will be left no choice but to advance contempt proceedings and recommend that the body in which Mr. Meadows once served refer him for criminal prosecution,” Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the panel’s chairman, and Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), its vice chair, said in a joint statement. Meadows through a lawyer earlier in the day informed Thompson and Cheney he would not appear for a deposition. Meadows planned to appear voluntarily to answer questions about non-privileged matters, the lawyer, George Terwilliger III, said in a letter. But he took offense to the panel issuing subpoenas for information from third parties, in addition to Thompson’s recent assertion that one asserting their Fifth Amendment rights was tantamount to an admission of guilt.
