Mark Meadows Defies Jan. 6 Committee, Risking Contempt Charges

Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows has failed to show up for a Friday deposition with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, according to multiple reports, despite a threat from the panel it would seek to hold him in contempt for any defiance.

Meadows was not seen entering the Capitol and his attorneys had indicated he would not appear. The committee did not immediately respond to request for comment from The Hill.

The move tees the committee up to pursue yet another full House vote to censure a witness for failing to appear before the panel’s investigators, kicking to the Department of Justice the decision of whether to pursue criminal charges.

The threat from the committee comes as it has been engaging with Meadows since September about a deposition originally scheduled for Oct. 15.

But when the White House on Thursday cleared the National Archives to release Meadows’s documents to the committee, the panel indicated its patience was up, sending a letter demanding he appear at 10 a.m. Friday. (Read more from “Mark Meadows Defies Jan. 6 Committee, Risking Contempt Charges” HERE)

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