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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 his claims of election fraud were not supported by the evidence and 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 informed this commi...

The u.s. capitol was under attack on january 6th. these are texts, she says, that 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 entirely to testify regarding these topics. let me give just three examples. first, president trump's failure to stop the violence. o...

Admits is not privileged. he's not claimed and does not have any privilege basis to refuse entirely to testify regarding these topics. let me give just three examples. first, president trump's failure to stop the violence. on january 6th, our capitol building was attacked and invaded. the mob was summoned to washington by president trump, and as many of those involved have admitted on videotape and social media and in federal district court, they were provoked to violence by president trump's false claims that the election was stolen. the violence was evident to all. it was covered in realtime...

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 mea...

0 wrapups of either palestinian question or more pressing issue of iran, wolf. >> i suspect they talked about it privately. didn't make mention of it in the public statement. thank you very much. and to the viewers, thanks very much for watching. i am wolf blitzer in the situation room. and our out front starts right now. good evening, out front tonight we are standing by for a viewing vote. any minute members of the january 6th select committee are spec to recommend that the full house find donald trump's former chief of staff mark meadows, in contempt of congress for defying a subpoena. we...