The U.S. congressional committee probing the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by an angry mob of Trump supporters, militia members and white supremacists voted unanimously on Monday to seek “contempt of Congress” charges against Mark Meadows, who served as White House chief of staff to former President Donald Trump.
During that same session on Dec. 13, Committee Vice Chair Congresswoman Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Republican, read several texts that the committee obtained from Meadows from the day of the Capitol assault. The texts were from several Fox News hosts, as well as Donald Trump Jr., who pleaded with Meadows to convince then-President Trump to say something to stop the mob and send them home.
