like failing a class at stanford. you really have to try to do it. but meadows managed to do it. garrett said the claims are executive privilege here, which would be his defense, he s bound by the former president not to say anything, are stronger than for steve bannon. true in the sense the scale. the scale is bannon s claim was laughable and meadows is silly and ridiculous. so maybe a step up, but step up of nonsense to nonsense minus something. i don t expect it yes. in the halls of nerds, could say, oh, my gosh, this is significant, hasn t happened since 1832. real life, what would the consequences be besides his reputation sullied, how would his life change, job change, his freedom change? yeah. going to jail. if held in contempt. in the prison term, it would be up to a year. the separate move justice department can make, do it now,
about it is since 1832 as congressman kinzinger pointed o you the a member of the house of representatives was sanctioned for contempt. sam houston thanks to thegreat producers here, sanctioned for assaulting a fellow member. these are his colleagues. this was a brutal takedown of not just mark meadows but his entire legacy. the chairman of this committee bennie thompson said this is your legacy now. your legacy is that you have essentially spat in the face of the body you formerly served in when it was attacked. your thoughts? he had to make a decision. mark meadows had to make a decision. do i try to protect donald trump and the legions of people that he has convinced of this big lie, or do i stand for the institution that i was part of? do i stand for the character and integrity that i tried to tell all my constituents i had? it s pretty clear he decided to
law. thank you mr. chairman. general lady yields back. the gentleman from illinois, mr. klingser. this is a near unique moment in history. s we vote on whether to hold a former colleague in contempt of congress. last time that happened was 1832. mark meadows has committed a crime in this case, a premeditated one. he thought carefully about his actions and actively chose to stone wall what you can clearly see in the back and forth with the select committee. first he produced over 9,000 pages of documents from his time in the white house. a after his former boss made it clear his i did appointment and displeasure shall didn t want to aid and refused to answer a single question from his former colleagues or even to show up
chair lady yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois mr. kinzinger. thank you, mr. chairman. this is a rare unique moment in history as we vote whether to hold a former colleague in contempt of congress. the last time that happened was 1832. mark meadows committed a crime, in this case a premeditated one. he thought carefully about his actions and actively chose to stone wall which you can clearly see in his back and forth with the select committee. first, he produced over 9,000 pages of documents from his time in the white house then after his former boss made it clear his disappointment and displeasure, he did a 180 and he refused to answer a single question from his former colleagues or even to show up at all. this constitutes legal contempt
0 swing. be vigilant and informed about your own health. that does it for us. the reidout with joe reid is joy reid is up next. hi, joy. have a wonderful evening. much appreciated. good evening. you re looking at the room where members of the house select committee on january 6th will soon be gathering for a special meeting. in this hour they will vote in a measure to refer criminal charges for donald trump s former chief of staff. mark meadows who defied their subpoena. they ll also be discussing the damming new evidence they gathered that sheds light on trump s attempted coup and meadow s personal involvement. you won t want to miss this. this comes after meadows abruptly halted his cooperation last week and twice refused to show up for scheduled depositions and suing the committee in an effort to shield trump and avoid accountability. as the committee detailed in the report they re voting on tonight, it s clear that there is a lot that he is still hiding. for one, the committe