i'm chris hayes. today the january 6th committee announced it is moving forward with criminal contempt proceedings against mark meadows. donald trump's former chief of staff. now, this comes after meadows told the committee he would no longer be cooperating with them in their investigation and would not appear for his scheduled deposition today. that's despite being subpoenaed. committee chairman bennie thompson released a scorching letter to meadows, condemning his actions and detailing some key documents meadows has already turned over to the committee. those thousands of pages include emails and texts about the planning that took place ahead of the insurrection on january 6th. meadows turned over a november 7th, 2020, email discussing the appointment of alternate slates of electors as part of a direct and collateral attack after the election. a january 5th, 2021, email regarding a 38-page powerpoint briefing entitled "election fraud, foreign interference, options for january 6th" that was to be provided on the hill.