Jan. 6 Committee Refers Mark Meadows for Criminal Contempt Charge

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🗓️ 14 December 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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"These text messages leave no doubt, the White House knew exactly what was happening at the Capitol," said Congresswoman Liz Cheney on Monday night at a meeting of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the Capitol. Cheney, the ranking Republican on the committee, read a series of text messages former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows received on Jan. 6. The committee voted unanimously to refer Meadows for criminal contempt of Congress charges for refusing to cooperate with the investigation. We'll talk about new evidence made public last night about his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.3	Welcome back to Forum. I'm Mina Kim.
0:40.1	The committee investigating the January 6th attack on the Capitol voted last night to refer Mark Meadows for criminal contempt of Congress charges.
0:49.1	And before the unanimous vote on the former chief of staff to President Donald Trump,
0:55.3	Representative Liz Cheney, the ranking Republican on the House Select Committee investigating the insurrection,
1:00.3	read a series of damning text messages Meadows received on January 6th. One text Mr. Meadows received said,
1:08.5	quote, we are under siege here at the Capitol.
1:13.1	Another, quote, they have breached the Capitol.
1:17.8	In a third, Mark, protesters are literally storming the Capitol, breaking windows on doors, rushing in.
1:27.7	Is Trump going to say something?
1:31.2	A fourth, there's an armed standoff at the House chamber door.
1:37.0	And another from someone inside the Capitol.
1:40.5	We are all helpless.
1:43.3	We look at the new evidence made public last night about Meadows, text messages, Meadows
1:49.2	efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
1:52.4	And joining me now is Ron Elving, senior editor and correspondent on the Washington desk at NPR News.
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