Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows was one of the first Trump administration officials to be subpoenaed by the committee in late September.
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Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows was one of the first Trump administration officials to be subpoenaed by the committee in late September.
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In other words, former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows will no longer cooperate with the House panel investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Notice from Meadow’s attorney issued a week later Meadows said he would appear for the initial takedown and provide documents to the committee.
“We must now decline the opportunity to voluntarily appear to be removed,” Meadows’s attorneys said George Terwilliger wrote to the committee obtained by NPR.
“Mr Meadows has repeatedly sought in good faith to pursue a residence with the Selection Committee and as of yesterday we believed it was achievable,” Terwilliger wrote, noting that Meadows had agreed to cooperate and answer questions without having to give up executive rights. favor. “We now have every indication from the information provided to us last Friday … that the Selection Committee has no intention of respecting the boundaries regarding Executive Privilege.”
The January 6 committee has yet to comment on the letter.
Meadows was one of the first Trump administration officials committee subpoena at the end of September. His removal was delayed when he joined the committee. However, after Meadows missed the deadline to appear, Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and Vice President Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., issued a statement that they would ” consider pursuing contempt or other proceedings to enforce the subpoena.”
Terwilliger maintained that the courts needed to settle the issue of executive privilege between Meadows and the panel.
NPR Justice reporter Ryan Lucas contributed to this report.
