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![White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows arrives at a cabinet meeting in the East Room of the White House](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/12/2021_1215-mark-meadows--400x300.jpg)
House Formally Votes to Charge Mark Meadows With Contempt of Congress
The measure now goes to the Department of Justice, which will make the final determination on whether to indict Meadows.
![Photo of Rep. Liz Cheney overlaid on image of Then-President Donald Trump speaking in front of White House on January 6, 2021](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/12/2021_1214-trump-cheney-400x300.jpg)
Liz Cheney Suggests Trump Could Be Charged With Impeding Congress Over Jan. 6
Trump's actions — or inaction — during the breach of the Capitol could result in him eventually facing federal charges.
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Jan. 6 Committee Issues Contempt Charges for Former Trump Aide Mark Meadows
Meadows is the third Trump official to face contempt of Congress charges from the January 6 select committee.
![White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks to the press in Statuary Hall at the Capitol on August 22, 2020, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/12/2021_1209-mark-meadows-400x300.jpg)
Former Trump Aide Mark Meadows Sues to Block Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas
The lawsuit appears to be a delay tactic, one member of the January 6 select committee suggested.
![Mark Meadows watches Donald Trump speak into a microphone](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/12/2021_1208-trump-meadows-400x300.jpg)
Mark Meadows Expected to Join Other Trumpists Charged With Contempt of Congress
The work of the committee grinds on.
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Matt Gaetz Says He’s Talked to Donald Trump About Becoming Speaker of the House
There's no requirement for the Speaker to be a member of the House of Representatives.
![President Donald Trump participates in the first presidential debate against Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden at the Health Education Campus of Case Western Reserve University on September 29, 2020, in Cleveland, Ohio.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/12/2021_1201-donald-trump-d-400x300.jpg)
Mark Meadows Reveals Trump Tested Positive for COVID Ahead of First Debate
After Trump tested negative for COVID in a second test done shortly after the positive one, he continued campaigning.
![Mark Meadows walks past Marine One helicopter and Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/11/2021_1130-mark-meadows-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s Former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows Is Cooperating With Jan. 6 Committee
Meadows's decision to cooperate comes on the same day an appeals court hears arguments over Trump's privilege claims.
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Meadows Blasts McCarthy’s Leadership, Says Trump Should Be Speaker of the House
The Constitution doesn't technically require an elected House member to serve as Speaker of the House.
![Attorney General Merrick Garland, right, and FBI Director Christopher Wray hold a press conference at the Robert F. Kennedy Main Justice Building on November 8, 2021, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/11/2021_1115-merrick-garland-400x300.jpg)
As Damning New Memo Shakes Trump’s Defense, January 6 Committee Turns Up Heat
Trump acolytes Steve Bannon and Mark Meadows are but the first on the select committee’s long list.