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Not mince words before voting unanimously to recommend a report holding former trump chief of staff mark meadows in contempt for defying the committees subpoena. dont forget the members of the committee know meadows very personally. he was one of donald trumps most devoted sycophants in congress. it should come as no surprise he brought the same sense of blind loyalty when then president trump appointed him white house chief of staff in march of last year and what has become clear is meadows was...

To know that donald trumps cell phone has caller i.d. so theres that hurdle that you have to get over when youre calling. >> i said its potential spam. my name is p.spam. >> the big newsmaker of the night, bennie thompson is going to lead us off tonight as our first guest. there were some grumblings at the end of last week, primarily from eugene robinson, about why isnt this committee making news on tv instead of making news in print by the print documents that they were releasing? well, tonight...

For next july. the recent committee also wanted to hold jeffrey clark in contempt hes the former department official, who tried to help donald trump steal the election, especially in georgia but this vote tonight on mark meadows is a particularly big deal. the white house chief of staff is an extremely important role last year he was one of the most powerful people in the country. people may know steve bannons name more than mark meadowss, but on january the six bannon was just a podcast, and je...

Good evening from mayfield, kentucky, one of the hardest-hit towns in the hardest-hit state after one of the deadliest and most destructive tornado outbreaks this country has ever seen. we got extensive reporting from here tonight. we begin, though, first with breaking news from washington where the house select committee investigating the january 6th riot has just approved a criminal contempt of congress referral against former white house chief of staff mark meadows. now, that comes as the com...

Than the conagainst steve bannon. as meadows has engaged with the committee, hes provided extensive evidence and former president trump is still litigating over any potential executive privilege protections in this investigation. but no matter what happens at the justice department, by revealing these extraordinary texts yesterday and today, the committee clearly building its case for contempt against meadows in the court of public opinion. >> paula reid, thank you. lets discuss this with form...

But the committee made a very strong argument in the court of public opinion about why meadows is such a critical witness in their investigation. >> paula reed, appreciate it. joining us now is a member of the select committee, california democratic congresswoman zoe lofgren. appreciate you being with us. do you think the full house will support your committees vote to hold mr. meadows in contempt? >> anderson, before i answer that, let me just say that all of us are with you thinking about the ...

Everything youve accomplished, brian kilmeade texted. quote, can he make a statement, ask people to leave the capitol, sean hannity urged. >> so, speaking of hannity, mark meadows appeared on hannitys show last night. you might think the two would talk about these text messages. but no, meadows did, however, mention the text on newsmax. >> weve tried very hard in a very transparent and accommodating way to share nonprivileged information. >> right. >> and what we found out tonight is that not on...

Nobility here. we are all equals and we are all subject to the law. >> one sixth committee messages by donald trump jr. i immore plord the president to intervene perhaps with a speech from the oval office. meadows said they hope to weaponize the text. >> they want to talk about the part that fits their narrative the way that some of the democrats are spinning this trying to spin some nefarious purpose i think at the end of the day, they are going to find that not only did the president act but h...

This larger question to the supreme court. so its unlikely the justice department will move on this anytime soon. theres that open question about whether they would actually prosecute mark meadows based on what weve seen so far. but the committee made a very strong argument in the court of public opinion about why meadows is such a critical witness in their investigation. >> paula reed, appreciate it. joining us now is a member of the select committee, california democratic congresswoman zoe lof...

Was in efforts to undermine the 2020 election. and revealed a message from an unnamed lawmaker apologizing the day after the capitol riot for failing to stop the counting of electoral votes in key states trump lost. >> yesterday was a terrible day. we tried everything we could in our objection to the six states. i am sorry nothing worked. the day after a failed attempt to stop the peaceful transfer of power through violence, an elected lawmaker tells the white house chief of staff, im sorry, not...