Pappas Says ‘No Choice’ But To Advance Contempt Charges for Meadows

The House has begun debate on recommending criminal contempt charges against former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.

“No one should be above the law, everyone should be held accountable”, Representative Chris Pappas told Jack Heath on Good Morning New Hampshire.

The action would rebuke Meadows for saying he would no longer cooperate with the panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.

That panel voted 9-0 Monday night to recommend the contempt charges.

A House vote to hold him in contempt would refer the issue to the Justice Department, which would decide whether to prosecute the former Republican congressman.

It would be the first time the House has voted to hold a former member in contempt since the 1830s, according to House records.