Biden says Meadows 'worthy of being held in contempt'
By Morgan Chalfant - 12/15/21 10:04 AM EST
President Biden said Wednesday that he believed former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows is “worthy” of being held in contempt by Congress.
Speaking to reporters briefly before leaving for a trip to Kentucky, Biden said he hadn’t read all the texts that Meadows turned over to the Jan. 6 committee but added “it seemed to me he is worthy of being held in contempt.”
The House voted late Tuesday to hold Meadows, former President Trump’s fourth and final chief of staff, in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify before the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol. Two Republicans, Reps. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (Ill.), who are both members of the Jan. 6 committee, voted with Democrats to approve the contempt charge.
The move refers Meadows to the Justice Department, which will now need to decide whether to pursue criminal contempt charges against the former chief of staff. The Justice Department moved forward with a criminal contempt charge against Trump ally Stephen Bannon earlier this year on a referral from Congress after he refused to cooperate with the Jan. 6 committee.
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