and during the same hearing, you and your colleagues repeatedly referred to the need for document production in order to continue your investigation. and i m sure that is the case, but why are we advancing a measure here that s purely punitive, that is the committee s not pursuing civil enforcement of the subpoena. why not the civil course? why the criminal course? well, clearly, the criminal course is what the committee made. we see the lawsuit merely as a delaying tactic on the part of mr. meadows and we have given him, as i ve said earlier, every opportunity, we negotiated with him, and at the last moment, he said he s not coming and he
of the house. hugo lowell is a congressional reporter for the guardian us and explained why mr meadows was being investigated. the january 6 committee investigating the capitol attack targeted mark meadows from the outset of their investigation. he was one of the first subpoenas that they issued compelling document production and a deposition behind closed doors. meadows started to co operate to some degree last month, he produced about 9,000 documents, as you said, he produced text messages, he produced emails, he even produced a powerpoint that talked about ways to stop the certification ofjoe biden s victory from taking place onjanuary 6. then what happened was the committee went and tried to subpoena the call records of his personal cell phone at which point the co operation deal broke down and meadows stopped co operating and the result was him being recommended for prosecution for
had to tell me earlier, expanding why mr meadows was being investigated. the expanding why mr meadows was being investigated. being investigated. the january six committee being investigated. the january six committee investigating - being investigated. the january j six committee investigating the capital attack targeted mike matters from the outset of their investigation. he was one of the first subpoenas that theyissued of the first subpoenas that they issued compelling document production and a deposition behind closed doors. meadows started to co operate to some degree last month, he produced about 9000 documents, as you said, he produced text messages, he produced emails, he even produced a power point that talk about ways to stop the certification ofjoe the certification of joe biden s the certification ofjoe biden s victory from taking place onjanuary six. then what happened was that the committee went and tried to subpoena the core records, of his personal cellphone, at whi
0 defense. the court yesterday appointed a guardian to represent their son. they have seemingly abandoned him. have had no contact with him. have not seen him or spoken to him. obviously what lies ahead for their case, it s going to be a difficult one for prosecutors after they charge them with four counts of involuntary manslaughter arguing that they gave him the gun as a gift, but also saying that they did nothing to prevent him from unleashing this shooting, this attack. prosecutors saying they knew things were going on and they should have done stuff, that s why they charged them and we ll see them later in court this afternoon. four children are dead. sh shimon, thank you very much. very good tuesday morning to you. i m jim sciutto. i m erica hill. the fate of mark meadows will likely soon be in the hands of the justice department, this following the january 6th committee voting unanimously to recommend that meadows be charged with criminal content of congress for defying it
was a complete and utter breakdown of the normal processes that these decisions get made. you have usually a clear complain of command. what emerged in this murky picture of report asking document production is a completely chaotic situation where you had civilians, you know, political figures like kash patel, installed as chief of staff over at pentagon and mark meadows kind of ad libbing it over the course of the day at the same time that the united states capitol, the heart of american democracy, is under assault for hours and we are all watching on television and nothing is happening. what is so important about this, it is not just the question of the mob that was at the capitol, it is everything that was going on around it to encourage or enable it. you are talking about the highest responsibility people in the government to keep americans