What Next - What Mark Meadows Knew
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🗓️ 16 December 2021
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Summary
After initially cooperating with the select committee investigating the events of January 6, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows reversed course, deciding instead to assert executive privilege. But Meadows had already handed over documents and text messages relating to that day—painting a picture of how Trump’s inner circle reacted as the Capitol was under siege.
What happens to Meadows now that he’s been held in contempt of Congress? And could possible criminal charges for defying the committee spur other witnesses to speak?
Guest: Nicholas Wu, congressional reporter for Politico.
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| 0:00.0 | Over the last few days, Congress has staged these dramatic readings of private communications from inside the Trump White House on January 6, 2021. |
| 0:17.2 | Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. |
| 0:20.5 | We are here to address Liz Cheney, Republican from Wyoming, was the first to take the microphone on Monday. |
| 0:27.3 | These text messages leave no doubt. The White House knew exactly what was happening here at the Capitol. |
| 0:35.3 | Most of us don't get the chance to muck around in the DMs of the politically connected. |
| 0:41.3 | But what was clear this week is that members of the January 6th Select Committee, they do. |
| 0:47.8 | Dozens of texts, including from Trump administration officials, urged immediate action by the |
| 0:53.9 | president. |
| 0:55.4 | Quote, POTUS has to come out firmly and tell the protesters to dissipate. |
| 1:01.5 | Someone is going to get killed. |
| 1:07.3 | So the interesting thing is that we really don't know a whole lot about what actually happened |
| 1:13.5 | in the Oval Office, in the White House during those first few hours as the attack on the Capitol |
| 1:19.3 | unfolded. |
| 1:20.7 | Nicholas Wu has been reporting on these hearings for Politico. |
| 1:24.6 | We know what didn't happen, right? |
| 1:25.9 | We didn't hear that much from the president. |
| 1:27.5 | We didn't see a military response or anything like that. And so this gives us some |
| 1:32.1 | the clearest picture we have yet on what they were talking about there and what sort of |
| 1:36.2 | information they were getting. What was most surprising to you? Yeah, I mean, just the panic |
| 1:41.3 | that you can see in these messages. |
| 1:47.7 | He's got to condemn this shit ASAP. |
| 1:50.5 | The Capitol Police tweet is not enough. |
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