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Chairman tomppson and vice chair cheney. tonight we are hearing from an aide to benny thompson that he will recognize any member of the committee who wishes to speak on the resolution. you can see them walking out to take their seat. so, just to let everyone know, as they do so, mark meadows is at the heart of the investigation. deeply involved in former president trumps efforts to overturn election. literally by trumps side during the insurrection and the stone walling is an about face. what th...

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...

Nose most gravity and importance to the future of american democracy. i favor this resolution to proceed with criminal contempt and i yield back to you mr. chairman. >> gentleman yields back. chair recognizes generalwoman from virginia. >> thank you mr. chairman, madam vice chair and fellow committee members. as many of us echoed, we dont take this vote lightly. but this committee and this congress is left with no other alternative when in the midst of an investigation of this magnitude, we are ...

Privilege. so contrary, mr. meadows initially delayed resisted, and made unreasonable legal arguments, failed to produce documents in timely fashion, and refused to appear if a scheduled deposition. then, he had an apparent change of heart and pledged his cooperation leading to the production of about 9,000 emails and text messages. and then, he reversed course again, categorically refusing to be deposed about what the documents reveal. in summary, mr. meadows tactics wasted the committees time ...

Hannity. he will share details with anyone who will shell out 25 bucks for his book. but in the face of the lawful subpoena, from the select committee, as we work to get answers, for the american people, the only thing mr. meadows will share are his executions. we dont accept his excuses. he must be held accountable. thank you, mr. cheryl. i yield back. >> chair rex regionis generalwoman from florida mrs. murphy. >> thank you, mr. chairman. in a few molts i will vote to recommend that the house ...

Presidents chief of staff knows is subject to a presidential privilege shielding it from disclosure. but it is also truth that not everything he knew or did during that period is privileged. mark meadows knows that. its why he sent us the documents he did, and why he -- what made his book possible. thats why the law required him to show up for his deposition and specify in response to each question, what the answer was and whether or not that answer in fact was privileged from disclosure. his re...

Did not have before. and it also plays in to this larger argument that the committee is making about the need for meadows to come in and answer questions about what he knew about january 6th. and in furthermore, about how his knowledge of the events is not in anyway protected under executive privilege because a, hes offered up 6,000 documents, 9,000 pages worth of information, and hes written a book on the topic where he talks about his conversations with the president in and around that time. a...

Law. thank you mr. chairman. >> general lady yields back. the gentleman from illinois, mr. klingser. >> this is a near unique moment in history. s we vote on whether to hold a former colleague in contempt of congress. last time that happened was 1832. mark meadows has committed a crime in this case, a premeditated one. he thought carefully about his actions and actively chose to stone wall what you can clearly see in the back and forth with the select committee. first he produced over 9,000 page...

Been deliberately andry kateed and waived by mr. meadows. this witness must testify. like 300 other witnesses before him have done. either voluntarily and proudly, as a patriotic citizen, or at least under compulsion of subpoena by the congress of the united states. but he has no right anywhere in the constitutional system to defy the subpoena from the house of representatives. and if anyone we called as a witness knows in his bones that he must testify, before our committee, it is mr. meadows h...

We are getting a comprehensive portrait of what took place on january 6th but mr. meadows testimony is very significant for us. mr. chairman, the committee bent over backwards to accommodate mr. meadows request. he has no intention of complying with the subpoena even when his testimony could have no theoretical connection to an executive privilege claim. for example, he categorically refusing to show up to testify about 9,000 pages of documents he already turned over to the committee, and for wh...