executive privilege and testimonial immunity. nothing i ve done would rise to criminal contempt, but i obviously am going to have to throw my on the mercies and graces of the court. reporter: but the committee members repeatedly pointed out meadows cannot claim executive privilege over materials he already turned over. if he believed he had a privilege to assert, he could have shown up. he could have said with respect to this question, here is why i believe it s privileged. of course, he didn t do any of that. on sunday lawmakers released a 51-page report lying out the case against meadows and the questions they have about the thousands of documents he s turned over. according to the report, meadows sent an email saying the national guard would be present to protect pro-trump people on january 6th. the committee wants to know more about whether trump engaged in discussions regarding the national guard s response which was delayed for hours as violence escalated at the
committee. you know, notes, texts, e-mails, things like that. so here is what he said about the contempt vote today. nothing i ve done would rise to criminal contempt but i obviously are going to have to throw my on the mercies and graces of the court. absolutely. he says nothing rises to the level of criminal contempt. your response? well, show up and honor your lawful duty to the level of criminal contempt. if he believed he had a privilege to assert, he could have shown up. he could have said with respect to this question, here s why i believe it s privileged. of course, he didn t do any of that. and it would have been very difficult for him given that he provided all these documents which he acknowledges are not privileged. he wrote about these events in his book, which he will have to acknowledge is not privileged. so it s very difficult for him to come in and make that argument with a straight face. so, he just decided nope, rule
till all the world adore his sacred name the lord be with you. and also with you. let us pray. o god, whose mercies cannot be numbered, accept our prayers on behalf of your servant, bob, and grant him an entrance into the land of light and joy in the fellowship of your saints. through jesus christ, our lord, who lives and reigns with you and the holy spirit, one god, now and forever, amen.
great is thy faithfulness, oh god my father there is no shadow of journeying with thee thou changest not thy compassions they fail not as though hats mean thou forever with me great is thy faithfulness, great is thy faithfulness morning by morning, new mercies i see all i have needed thy hand
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