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The US House panel investigating the January 6 Capitol riot has voted to recommend that former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows be referred to the Justice Department on contempt of Congress charges for his refusal to cooperate with the panels investigation.

The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection has voted to recommend contempt charges against former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.

Mr. meadows as it did with mr. bannon, and prosecute him for violating the law and his duty as a citizen. >> this select committee has a lot of questions about the president said and did on january 6th we. have a lot of questions about the protests that day and how they escalated into awry it. and mark meadows says he cannot discuss those details with us, but apparently he can put them in his book. >> mr. meadows was a central participant in the events that culminated in this assault on our capi...

President trump requested increased national guard on the days leading up to january 6. including request by the capitol police chief. here with reaction, i read the book cover to cover, youve got to get a copy. its an insider view that actually is fair to donald trump, what a rarity. chief of staff mark meadows. first i will get your reaction to the january 6 vote 9-0 that it will now go before the house but we already know this is a predetermined outcome. didnt we learn that when they kicked j...

Statement, ask people to leave the capitol. congresswoman, what goes through your mind when you hear these texts? >> well, its -- unfortunately, its really shocking because i still believe that people need to have some human decency and at least admit what was going on and the fact that all of these people were calling and saying this is a problem, this is a problem, do something about it, and the president didnt do anything about it is really disheartening to me. but i want to make it very clea...

That just get disregarded, but then they tried to weaponize text message, leaked them to put out a narrative that quite frankly that the president didnt act. and i can tell you, this is the -- the president did act, this is all about, you know, it is not about holding me in contempt, it is about coming after president donald trump and sadly thats what tonights vote was all about. >> the panel voted unanimously to advance the contempt of congress charges against mark meadows, and today the body h...

Trump intended to appoint jeffrey clark as attorney general, in part so that mr. clark could alter the department of justices conclusions regarding the election. mr. clark has now informed the committee has he anticipates potential criminal prosecution related to these matters, and he intends in upcoming testimony to invoke his fifth amendment privilege against self-incrimination. as mr. meadows t texts reveal, he was texting with a member of congress, a colleague of ours, who was working with m...

At all. this constitutes legal contempt. but also personal contempt. mark meadows actions demonstrates contempt for congress, for the select committee for his former colleague, and for the integrity of the democratic process. he has clearly rejected this committees investigation so now its time to see whether the department of justice can be more persuasive. no one is above the law. not even a former presidents chief of staff. in a nation of laws, you cannot have it both ways. he cant decline to...

Floor debate on the house begins, garrett. after that when the vote begins, next steps here, i think its important to know that even if the doj were to pick up this contempt of congress charges for steve bannon, theres nothing about it that would still compel mr. meadows to speak to the members of the select committee. >> no, thats exactly right. so two things. when this vote happens here, im watching to see how many republicans cross over and vote for contempt with steve bannon, there were nine...

Brian: let me defend jen psaki for a minute -- never mind. carley: stay on the crime crisis here. the houston police say they used a fallen deputys handcuffs to arrest the man suspected of murdering him. eddie miller is accused of shooting and killing deputy constable kareem atkins during an ambush attack this past october. miller was given no bond for capital murder charge. 19-year-old accused of shooting two others at the scene. one is recovering and other remains at the icu unit. deputy atkin...