The Investigation Commission has revealed the conversations of Meadows with the son of the former president, “it has to condemn this as soon as possible”
The Commission of the United States House of Representatives, which is in charge of investigating the assault on the Capitol on January 6, has revealed this Monday several text messages between the former chief of staff of former President Donald Trump, Mark Meadows, and several seniors charges, including Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr., who urged him to pressure the former president to condemn the unrest.
These messages, as several members of the Commission have pointed out, are not covered by any prerogative of professional secrecy, since Meadows agreed to cooperate with the investigation by delivering about 9,000 documents, according to the American newspaper ‘The New York Times’.
In the session it was clarified that there were several messages during the night of the assault on the Capitol between Meadows and several lawyers, some Fox News personalities and even Trump’s eldest son, in which the urgency of stopping the siege was explained: to condemn this ASAP. The tweet from the Capitol Police is not enough. ”
«These texts left no doubts. The White House knew exactly what was going on on Capitol Hill. One of the messages that Meadows received said, I quote, ‘we are under siege in the Capitol’ “, said the Republican representative for Wyoming, Liz Cheney, reported the CNN chain. Cheney detailed each message obtained by the commission on Monday.
Contempt recommendation
On the other hand, the commission has unanimously approved – nine votes in favor and zero against – the recommendation on the indictment of contempt against Meadows, which did not appear for deposition the week after his lawyer said he would stop cooperating.
The House of Representatives is expected to vote on Tuesday to refer these charges to the Justice Department, which will decide whether to prosecute the former Republican congressman, according to ABC News.
This Sunday also came to light emails that also detailed the actions that Meadows would have orchestrated to help Trump in his desperate attempts to reverse the result of the presidential elections, as well as several communications between some congressmen and the organizers of the protests. prior to the riots.
“Mr. Meadows sent an email to an unidentified person about the events of January 6” in which he assured that “the National Guard would be present to ‘protect pro-Trump people’ and that many more would be available now. wait, “said the commission’s latest report.
The commission seeks to know to what extent Trump participated in the conversations that took place to manage the response of the National Guard, which has been criticized for taking several hours to act despite the obvious episodes of violence that were taking place at the Capitol doors, including assaults on the police guarding the building.
Biden continues to support the Committee
The White House spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, has reiterated that the president of the United States, Joe Biden, considers January 6 as “one of the darkest moments in the history of the country”, assuring that the investigation is of “vital importance”.
Likewise, the White House supports the work of the committee and also that of Congress, as the spokeswoman admitted at a press conference on Monday.
“The President has respect for the men and women who serve in our military and trusts the leadership of the military. And this investigation is of course critical to providing a full understanding of what happened and preventing it from happening again, ”said Psaki.
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