Mark Meadows Is the Latest Trump Minion to Blow Off the January 6 Committee

The select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection has largely succeeded in securing the cooperation of figures in Donald Trump’s orbit. But now, another former administration official appears to be joining Steve Bannon in testing the panel’s authority, underscoring the need for Attorney General Merrick Garland to enforce the committee’s subpoena power. Mark Meadows, who was Trump’s chief of staff at the time of the Capitol attack, was due to appear before House investigators on Friday. But, like Bannon before him, he declined to attend the scheduled deposition, with his attorney citing Trump’s claim that “executive privilege” bars him from… Read Full Article