The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol breach voted 9-0 on Monday to recommend that former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows be held in contempt of Congress, following up on a threat to do so last week over his refusal to cooperate with their probe.
Meadows last week said he would not appear for a deposition at the select committee’s request. He also sued the committee, arguing it did not have the authority to compel him to talk. The lawsuit, filed in a Washington D.C. federal court, asks a judge to invalidate two subpoenas that he says are “overly broad and unduly burdensome.”
