communications related to january 6th and used signal, the private messenger application. had mr. meadows been deposed under oath, the committee would have asked him about his handling of records, a topic not conceivable to any legal privilege. this is a critical line of inquiry because we need to know if mr. meadows did not properly preserve official emails, text messages and provide them to the national archives as required by law. after all, our committee requested and will hopefully soon receive a wide range of trump administration records from the national archives. we need to know whether the universe of records in the archives' possession is complete and comprehensive. understanding mr. meadows compliance with federal recordkeeping laws will help ensure our committee ultimately receives all of the relevant documents we're entitled to review as part of the fact-finding mission. as a result of his actions and inactions mr. meadows is clearly