Mark Meadows’s Delay Tactics On Jan 6 Subpoena Are About To Backfire

Ron Delancer By Ron Delancer

Weeks after ordering former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to testify before the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, members of the panel are reportedly gearing up to initiate contempt proceedings against former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in order to force his compliance in the investigation, CNN reported Thursday citing multiple sources.

As noted by CNN, Meadows is one of former President Donald Trump’s closest advisers and “has unique insight into what Trump knew in the lead-up to January 6 and in its direct aftermath.”

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The Jan 6 panel subpoenaed Meadows more than a month ago, and since then the committee has indicated he’s been ‘engaging’ in negotiations over the terms of his turning over documents and appearing for a deposition, CNN reports. But weeks after the committee granted Meadows a ‘short’ but indefinite postponement of the initial subpoena deadline, members are growing increasingly frustrated and contemplating when and how to ramp up the pressure.”

Members of the committee have indicated in recent days that pursuing criminal contempt charges is on the table for any witness —including Meadows— who defies a subpoena.

“I do know that if we reach the conclusion that they’re not operating in good faith, and that if they’re not going to show up, then we will hold them in criminal contempt as we did with Mr. Bannon,” Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Ca) told reporters last week, according to the report.

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