House January 6 committee votes to refer ex-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to the Justice Department on criminal contempt charges. It now goes to the full House.
Donald Trump Jr., Fox News personalities and lawmakers unsuccessfully implored then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on January 6 to get President Donald Trump to stop the violence unfurling at the US Capitol, according to text messages relayed by the House committee investigating the attack.
The committee released the explosive new details Monday night as it met to advance a referral of Meadows to the Justice Department on a criminal contempt of Congress charge.The graphic messages illustrated the dismay of the former President's inner circle as the Capitol riot worsened, and they served as evidence of Trump's"supreme dereliction of duty," the committee's vice chairwoman, Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, said Monday.Donald Trump Jr.
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