recognize the gentleman from california. thank you. i want to pick up where he left off. 9,000 pages of records, that is what mr. meadows turned over, records over which mr. meadows asserted no claim of privilege, non, including thousands of text messages spanning the months before election day between election day and the end of the former president s [inaudible] january 6th. the time period he is now saying he won t discuss with the committee. i want to display just a few of the messages he received from people in congress. the committee is not naming the lawmakers at this time as our investigation is ongoing. if we could cue the first graphic. this one reads, january 6th, 2021, vice president mike pence
nose most gravity and importance to the future of american democracy. i favor this resolution to proceed with criminal contempt and i yield back to you mr. chairman. gentleman yields back. chair recognizes generalwoman from virginia. thank you mr. chairman, madam vice chair and fellow committee members. as many of us echoed, we don t take this vote lightly. but this committee and this congress is left with no other alternative when in the midst of an investigation of this magnitude, we are stonewalled at every turn by those a played a central role in the planning and execution of the january 6th attack. we have a detailed pictured of the attack and the events leading up to it. our committees heard from almost 300 people, we received more than 30,000 pages documents, and we continue to follow up every day on the more
than 250 tips received through our tip line. let s be very clear about mr. meadows role and why his testimony is so important. in the course of the investigation, we have heard from individuals involved in a planning of the rallies that immediately proceeded the violent attack on the capitol. and we know some of those people were in direct contact with mr. meadows. we want to ask him about that. we have heard from former white house staffers who are helping us understand what was going on in the white house and the time leading up to january 6th. mr. meadows was a chief of staff in the white house. though we want to ask him about that. we have heard from officials at the justice department who are on the receiving end of instructions to amplify unsupported claims about the outcome of the election. mr. meadows integral in the efforts so we want to ask him
hannity. he will share details with anyone who will shell out 25 bucks for his book. but in the face of the lawful subpoena, from the select committee, as we work to get answers, for the american people, the only thing mr. meadows will share are his executions. we don t accept his excuses. he must be held accountable. thank you, mr. cheryl. i yield back. chair rex regionis generalwoman from florida mrs. murphy. thank you, mr. chairman. in a few molts i will vote to recommend that the house fine former white house chief of staff mark meadows incontempt of congress for failing to comply with our committee s subpoena for documents and testimony related to the january 6th attack. mr. meadows was a central participant in the events that culminated in the assault on our capitol, our country, and our core democratic values. to create the most being a are the account of when occurred, why it occurred, and what specific steps we can take to
the january 6th committee. reporter: yeah, there s no doubt about that. and it goes to show just how much information the select committee has as it relates to mark meadows that we haven t seen, because it seems as though every day, they can roll out some new bombshell of information that shows directly the role that meadows played in the events leading up to and on january 6th. and tonight, they revealed some of the most damming yet. the message exchanges with members of congress, with personality from fox news, with the president s own children. i don t think there s any doubt anyth text exchange from donald trump jr to the chief of staff imploring him to convince his father to go out and make a public statement to try to quail the violence on capitol hill, and we know that the timeline of everything essentially the president ignoring even a plea from his son. this is all information that we