Trump W. House chief held in contempt for defying Capitol riot probe

US lawmakers voted Tuesday to recommend criminal contempt charges against Donald Trump's former top aide Mark Meadows for refusing to testify before the congressional panel investigating the January 6 assault on the Capitol.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 08, 2020, US President Donald Trump walks with Chief of Staff Mark Meadows after returning to the White House from an event at the WWII memorial in Washington, DC. - US lawmakers are set to vote on December 14, 2021, on a criminal contempt referral against Meadows for refusing to testify before the congressional panel investigating the January 6 assault on the Capitol. -- Photo: Mandel Ngan/ AFP

2021-12-15 10:02:02

US lawmakers voted Tuesday to recommend criminal contempt charges against Donald Trump's former top aide Mark Meadows for refusing to testify before the congressional panel investigating the January 6 assault on the Capitol.

The rebuke from the House of Representatives moves the ultra-conservative ex-congressman a step closer to becoming the first White House chief of staff to be prosecuted after leaving the post since H.R. Haldeman in the Watergate scandal nearly 50 years ago.

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