A lawyer for former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows says his client will defy a subpoena from a House panel that is investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, a move that is likely to trigger a contempt vote.
FILE - White House chief of staff Mark Meadows speaks on a phone on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, on Oct. 30, 2020. The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection has issued almost three dozen subpoenas as it aggressively seeks information about the origins of the attack and what former President Donald Trump did — or didn’t do — to stop it. The panel is exploring several paths simultaneously.
The Jan. 6 panel had given Meadows until Friday to comply with the September subpoena and appear for a deposition, but his lawyer said that his client has a “sharp legal dispute” with the committee as former President Donald Trump has claimed executive privilege over the testimony. The panel’s proceedings and attempts to gather information have been delayed as Trump appealed Chutkan’s rulings and the House fights for the information in court. On Thursday,of some of the White House records the panel is seeking, giving that court time to consider Trump’s arguments.
In a letter to Meadows’ lawyer on Thursday, Thompson wrote that failure to appear at a deposition on Friday and produce documents would be viewed by the committee as “willful non-compliance” and that the panel will consider contempt charges. Meadows would be the second of the committee’s witnesses to be held in contempt after the House voted to hold Bannon in contempt last month.
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