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Necessary to inform our legislative judgments yet he's refused to give any testimony at all. even regarding non-privileged topics. he's in contempt of congress. mr. meadows also has knowledge regarding president trump's efforts to persuade state officials to alter their official election results. in georgia for instance, mr. meadows participated on a phone call between president trump and georgia secretary of state raffensperger. meadows was on the phone when president trump asked the secretary of state to quote find 11,780 votes to change the result of the presidential election in georgia. we...

We don't take it lightly, we hoped we would not have to be here at all. as the chairman noted, we've engaged in weeks and weeks of discussions with mr. counsel. we worked diligently to reach an agreement on cooperation. we scheduled a deposition at a time and day of mr. meadows' choosing. shortly before the deposition was to occur, mr. meadows walked away from his commitment to appear and hehe informed us he would no longer cooperate. we think mr. meadows is improperly asserting executive and other privileges, but this contempt proceeding relates to mr. meadows' refusal to testify about the te...

Tonight was read out loud some of the text messages that mark meadows, trump's white house chief of staff, received. while the u.s. capitol was upped upped -- under attack on january 6th. these are texts she says are evidence the white house knew exactly what was going on in real time at the u.s. capitol on the 6th. listen to this. this is pretty stunning stuff. >> this vote on contempt today relates principally to mr. meadows' refusal to testify about text messages and other communications that he admits are not privileged. he has not claimed and does not have any privilege basis to refuse en...

In georgia, mr. meadows participated in a phone call between president trump and georgia's secretary of state, raffensperger. he was on the phone when president trump asked the secretary of state to, quote, find 11,780 votes, to change the results of the election in georgia. at the time of the call, mr. meadows, according to texts he has turned over, appears to have been texting at least one other participant on the call. again, mr. meadows has no conceivable privilege basis to refuse to testify on that topic. doing so puts him in contempt of congress. finally in the weeks before january 6th, ...

Texting with another participant on this call. mr. meadows has no conceivable privilege basis to refuse to testify on this topic. he is in contempt of congress. third, in the weeks before january 6th, president trump's appointees at the justice department informed him repeatedly that the president's claims of election fraud were not supported by the evidence. and that the election was not, in fact, stolen. president trump intended to appoint jeffrey clark as attorney general. in part so that mr. clark could alter the department of justice's conclusions regarding the election. mr. clark has now...