criminal contempt is a much bigger deal in the grand scheme of things but also as chief of staff on 1-6 he would say he has a stronger privilege claim. is that the case? or does him spelling all these beans in his new memoir undermine that claim? he does have a stronger case than bannon did but let s take a look at what the prosecutors have to weigh should the full house refer him to the u.s. attorney s office here in washington for possible contempt charges. they are going to look at the fact he did speak about many of these things publicly in his book and also that you can tell from the text messages and the things the committee wants to ask they want to talk about things that had nothing to do with running the country. keep in mind executive privilege is generally extended so that when you are in part of a deliberative process trying to run the federal government your decisions and decision making is not scrutinizing by people after you. that is a privilege we extend so people can
congressional investigation into the actions of a former president. we must investigate the facts in detail and we are entitled to ask mr. meadows about the non-privileged materials he has produced to us. any argument that the courts need to resolve privilege issues first is a pretext. we need to question him about emails and texts he has given us without any privilege claim. his role in the raffensperger call cannot be privileged. nor can his dealings with a member of this body regarding jeff clark. we must get to the objective truth and ensure that january 6th never happens again. i urge my colleagues to support this resolution and i yield back. thank you very much. thank you both for your testimony and for the work you are doing. maybe former chief of staff meadows should talk to former congressman meadows.
president trump. we must investigate the facts in detail and we are entitled to ask mr. meadows about the non-privileged materials that he has produced to us. any argument that the courts need to resolve privilege issues first is a pretext. we need to question him about e-mails and texts he has given us without any privilege claim. his role in the raffensperger call cannot be privileged, nor can his dealings with a member of this body regarding jeff clark. we must get to the objective truth and injury that january 6th never happens again. i urge my colleagues to support this resolution and i yield back. well, thank you very much. and thank you, both, for your testimony and for the work you re doing. you know, maybe former chief of staff meadows should talk to former congressman meadows. you know, when he was serving
0 swing. be vigilant and informed about your own health. that does it for us. the reidout with joe reid is joy reid is up next. hi, joy. have a wonderful evening. much appreciated. good evening. you re looking at the room where members of the house select committee on january 6th will soon be gathering for a special meeting. in this hour they will vote in a measure to refer criminal charges for donald trump s former chief of staff. mark meadows who defied their subpoena. they ll also be discussing the damming new evidence they gathered that sheds light on trump s attempted coup and meadow s personal involvement. you won t want to miss this. this comes after meadows abruptly halted his cooperation last week and twice refused to show up for scheduled depositions and suing the committee in an effort to shield trump and avoid accountability. as the committee detailed in the report they re voting on tonight, it s clear that there is a lot that he is still hiding. for one, the committe
0 defense. the court yesterday appointed a guardian to represent their son. they have seemingly abandoned him. have had no contact with him. have not seen him or spoken to him. obviously what lies ahead for their case, it s going to be a difficult one for prosecutors after they charge them with four counts of involuntary manslaughter arguing that they gave him the gun as a gift, but also saying that they did nothing to prevent him from unleashing this shooting, this attack. prosecutors saying they knew things were going on and they should have done stuff, that s why they charged them and we ll see them later in court this afternoon. four children are dead. sh shimon, thank you very much. very good tuesday morning to you. i m jim sciutto. i m erica hill. the fate of mark meadows will likely soon be in the hands of the justice department, this following the january 6th committee voting unanimously to recommend that meadows be charged with criminal content of congress for defying it