- The House’s select committee on the January 6 Capitol attack voted 9-0 to hold former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in contempt of CongressÂ
- The Monday night vote sets up a full House vote later this week, which if passed, would refer the matter to the Department of JusticeÂ
- Prior to the vote, the lawmakers laid out their case against the ex-White House chief of staffÂ
- Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Schiff revealed new text messages sent to Meadows surrounding January 6
- They included messages from prominent Fox News hosts, Donald Trump Jr. and several lawmakersÂ
- Meadows had said he would cooperate with the investigation into the January 6 insurrection, but then changed his mind Â