Mark Meadows caves to the Jan. 6th committee's subpoena in order to avoid criminal contempt

[LetMyPeopleVote]

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[spanone]

1. I don't trust meadows for 2 seconds.

[Escurumbele]

22. Neither do I, the fact that he is a coward doesn't mean he will tell the truth, hope we are wrong

[peacefreak2.0]

2. Yeah, he'll show up.

Want to place any bets on how many times he takes the fifth?

[brush]

4. This exactly. He also wants to avoid spending a ton on attorneys.

[Claustrum]

5. Nah.. He will just "I don't recall" everything.

Question: Did you breath on jan 6? Answer: I don't recall........

[oldsoftie]

39. Beat me to it......

[Harker]

13. "You see the mob takes the Fifth...

if you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" -- Donald J. Trumpsky, TFG

[Escurumbele]

27. Not sure if this clause precludes people involved in the insurrection to be able to take the 5th

The Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution provides, "No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor ..

Maybe a lawyer in DU can explain?

[Harker]

29. I hope so, because I'm pretty confused.

I believe the Committee is calling witnesses, rather than accused parties, and that it has the power to compel testimony. A witness has the right to cite the Fifth to avoid incriminating themselves.

There's plenty of detail in this about which I know nothing, though.

[Escurumbele]

25. He does have a problem though, if I am correct, the Jan 6 committee already knows the answers

to many of the questions, they can refresh his memory. One more thing they can do is offer him immunity so that he cannot invoke the 5th and must tell all.

He can also be fired from office for taking the 5th, if I am not mistaken, and we know how much these criminals like to protect their jobs.

The big question is... what does the buffoon have on Meadows that will coward him even more?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. Mark Meadows has flipped against Trump and will cooperate with January 6 investigators.

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[rurallib]

6. I will believe it when I see it

[Poiuyt]

7. I doubt if he'll say anything meaningful.

Even though Meadows has begun engaging with the committee in a more serious way, the extent to which he will fully cooperate and the question of what he will try to claim as executive privilege still hangs in the balance, according to multiple sources. The agreement means the committee will hold off from pursuing criminal contempt against him, though that route always remains a possibility as this fragile step forward could be temporary.

"It's not incorrect to say he has cooperated to some extent, but he hasn't completely fulfilled his obligation and we need to see what happens. But Meadows doesn't want to be held in contempt," a source familiar with the process tells CNN.

https://us.cnn.com/2021/11/30/politics/mark-meadows-january-6-committee/index.html

[calimary]

14. He doesn't want to be held in contempt? Too late for me!

I hold him in enough contempt for 100 people.

Actually, I take that back. What’s the population of the United States? 300-and-some million people? I hold him in that level of contempt.

Too damn bad, Meadows. You’re not in charge here.

[wnylib]

20. Sounds like his "cooperation" is just a sham

to avoid prosecution for contempt of Congress. He will conveniently remember nothing.

[certainot]

24. he knows others who were in the room, as well as the chains of communication, have cooperated

he doesn't know how much but he may suspect he's fucked on various levels and may spill some beans to get a good deal

[wnylib]

28. I hope so, but I'm skeptical.

[wnylib]

41. I checked my copy of the

Woodward and Costa book, Peril, to refresh myself on Meadows and the insurrection.

Early in the book, they say that Milley was suspicious of Meadows as possibly a supporter of Trump's claim that he won. Milley was trying to organize a small group of leaders to ensure a peaceful transition. He considered Trump a serious threat.

According to the book, Meadows remained in his office in the early stage of the insurrection. He later joined Kellogg and various aides in the Oval office to decide on damage control and supported the idea of the video that Trump released.

At one point, Meadows complained that the National Guard was too slow to respond.

After the insurrection was over and the second impeachment began, several people in government felt that Meadows was downplaying the 1/6 events and not taking them seriously.

I am sure that Costa and Woodward did not uncover all there was to know, but I don't know what Meadows can add to the current investigation.

[certainot]

42. maybe it'll depend on whether the committee can ask the right questions but i'll bet he heard and

saw a lot. as COS he'd supposedly be aware of the comings and goings and unless they didn't trust him he must have been involved when things got busy.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. Exclusive: Meadows reaches deal for initial cooperation with January 6 investigators

Meadows does not have the deep pockets to fight this fight

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Donald Trump's former chief of staff Mark Meadows is cooperating with the House select committee investigating the January 6 riot and is providing records and agreeing to appear for an initial interview, CNN exclusively has learned.

The move represents a critical shift in the relationship between the top Trump ally and the panel, and staving off a criminal contempt referral for now.

"Mr. Meadows has been engaging with the Select Committee through his attorney," Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi who chairs the committee said in a statement. "He has produced records to the committee and will soon appear for an initial deposition. The Select Committee expects all witnesses, including Mr. Meadows, to provide all information requested and that the Select Committee is lawfully entitled to receive. The Committee will continue to assess his degree of compliance with our subpoena after the deposition."

Meadows' lawyer George Terwilliger said in a statement to CNN that there is now an understanding between the two parties on how information can be exchanged moving forward, stating that his client and the committee are open to engaging on a certain set of topics as they work out how to deal with information that the committee is seeking that could fall under executive privilege.

[dalton99a]

9. +1. Executive privilege, my ass

[dchill]

32. Executive privilege does not cover criminal activity.

Executive privilege belongs to the CURRENT President.

[NCjack]

33. Looks like he has been crying. Poor baby.

[captain queeg]

10. I think it's a good start. The first major player to cooperate

Not counting on a lot of cooperation but starting immediately TFG will be bad mouthing him at every chance. That will affect his testimony. Many others on the sidelines will be watching. Hope it’s the beginning of an avalanche. I really don’t understand how terrified of him all the Rs are. I suppose it’s really whatever Putin is hanging onto behind the scenes.

[renate]

16. It just HAS to be blackmail

The RNC servers were hacked too. Funny how absolutely nothing ever came of that.

[wnylib]

23. A combination of blackmail and threats.

[louis-t]

11. His 'cooperation' will be very limited.

He will not "flip". He is only trying to find out how much he can hide without going to prison.

[ancianita]

12. Meadows' original deadlines were in October; he's had time to 'curate' what he delivers.

[spanone]

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[jmowreader]

15. The alternate view...

The insurrection may have been the last straw for Meadows.

[gab13by13]

17. What is the legal definition of "initial cooperation?"

Will there be a secondary cooperation, etc. etc.? So if after the initial cooperation fizzles does that buy Meadows time to run out the clock?

[old guy]

18. I'll wait and see. I've seen movies like this before and been let down.

[Blue_playwright]

26. Fitzmas comes to mind...

[Raven123]

19. Showing up and testifying are not the same thing

[Patton French]

30. Yeah, we'll see. (n/t)

[lark]

31. The meat of this is his providing documents.

However, given the source, will they be phonies or so heavily redacted as to be meaningless? I also expect a lot of 5th amendment claims and zero questions answered. This is yet another repug evil delaying plan to implement the destruction of this nation with the next 2 elections.

[Joinfortmill]

34. Step one. Many more to go...

Where this dude is concerned.

[hay rick]

35. Avoidance-avoidance.

Poor Mark Meadows. He is afraid of Trump's retribution and afraid of being convicted of criminal contempt. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

[UTUSN]

36. OOooo, his dear leader gonna be mad!1 Even if he doesn't really testify

[NCjack]

37. He always knew that he would be a trapped roach in a corner and have to testify.

He hopes that he will convince TFG that he ran out of options. But TFG doesn't care, will put on pointy cowboy boots, and will stomp the crap out of Roach.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

38. This makes me smile

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[mcar]

40. You mean Democrats aren't weak and spineless?

[question everything]

43. Several weeks ago, after we learned that Brannon was subpoenaed John Dean

said on CNN that Meadows would eventually cooperate. Still a young man with political ambitions, a lawyer so he has to think of his career.