Jan. 6 panel threatens contempt vote after Meadows withdraws

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Published December 7, 2021 8:17 AM

By ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection are threatening to hold former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress after his lawyer said Tuesday that his client will cease cooperating with the panel. Meadows attorney George Terwilliger said in a letter that a deposition would be “untenable” because the Jan. 6 panel “has no intention of respecting boundaries” concerning questions that former President Donald Trump has claimed are off-limits because of executive privilege. The committee’s leaders say they will have “no choice” but to vote on recommending contempt charges against Meadows if he does not show up.

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