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Absolutely clear on that. heres another legal expert on whats next for mark meadows. the recommendation goes to the justice 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, steve bannon, and he was indicted and his trial is injuly. the factual circumstances are a little bit different. mr meadows did corroborate to some degree, turned over 9000 ...

Lets go back to our breaking news, mr house of representatives has voted to bring these charges against mark meadows, but he is in contempt of congress. we are going to speak to kimberly whaley from the university of baltimore school of law now. thank you so much forjoining us. this wasnt the most surprising result, but it does bring back into everybody�*s mind those events of january the sixth. what happens next to mark meadows, donald trumps former chief of staff? the recommendation - former...

Underway in congress tonight. to hold, in contempt, the white house chief of staff to former president trump, former republican mark meadows. now, last night at this time we were reporting on a bombshell hearing from the january six investigation. in which they voted to recommend holding mr. meadows in contempt at that hearing. the january six investigators read into the public records all of this new material we had never -- heard of before. quote, text, and emails that mark meadows had turned ...

For being here. well talk about build back better in just a moment. but as were awaiting this vote, how many republicans do you anticipate -- okay. were going to square out an audio issue. as we square that away, let me say were awaiting a vote as to whether mark meadows will be held in contempt of congress. it seems like its a foregone conclusion. what im eager to learn from representative pramila jayapal is exactly how many republicans will vote to be supportive of that move given that there w...

>> and who also, as has been noted, he chooses his words carefully and decides when he wants to answer a question. the fact he was giving you that answer also speaks vieolumes. joining us now, chief legal analyst and former federal prosecutor jeffrey toobin and alice stewart. jeff, looking at where we stand this morning. a lot of questions about, is the doj going to act? how long could that take? well have to wait that out is the bottom line. but when you look at the cases being laid out here,...

Staff define every presidency is here. thank you, sir. we just got that breaking news. good evening to you. mark meadows becoming the first white house chief of staff to face criminal contempt charges since watergate, we should say. he started out cooperating. what happened? how did it come to this? >> you know, its really an historic moment. i mean the first time in almost 200 years. but its a day of reckoning that mark meadows richly deserves. you know, there oozed to be stiff competition, don...

They argue are outside the scope of executive privilege like the whole conversation he had the georgia officials. thats one example. to use your term, the very clear roadmap that theyre trying to give doj if they continue down that road. >> the president weighed in not as deeply as he did in the bannon case, but we just played what he said. that mark meadows, hes wor tli of being held in contempt. when a president comments on these cases, is it problematic for doj? does it give credence for the ...

Almost no republicans voting to hold mark meadows in contempt. that is after these revealing, stunning text messages from lawmakers to meadows on january 6th. is the gops embrace of a coup attempt been even -- i mean its never been more clear, i dont think. what do you think, ana navarro? >> i think this entire thing is just developing is so incredibly sad. we are coming to the one-year anniversary of january 6th. i think its so important that we dont forget what we saw. as i heard you say earli...

Democrats on contempt, adam kinzinger and liz cheney, the lone republicans who seem to be standing on this january 6th issue every time. >> this is stunning. what happened on january 6th shouldnt be looked at through a political lens. it was an attack on our democracy, and now this is turning to the justice department top decide whether to seek criminal charges against meadows. why wouldnt they? >> well, you know, thats always the question in this situation, steph, and i think youre absolutely r...

Hill, the house is now referring former white house chief of staff for president donald trump, mark meadows, to the justice department for a potential criminal charge for defying a subpoena to testify before the committee investigating the january 6th attack on the capitol. last nights vote was mostly along party lines, with the two republicans serving on the select committee, liz cheney and congressman adam kinzinger, joining to vote in favor of contempt. the measure had nothing to do with exec...