ALERT: 11th hour Friday night filing from House Jan 6 Committee in the civil suit filed by Mark Meadows
Committee: "Mr. Meadows had agreed to appear for a deposition on December 8, 2021, he informed the Select Committee on December 7, 2021, of a change of heart"
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Committee court filing: "Certain text communications with Members of Congress suggest that Mr. Meadows
himself “pushed” for Vice President Pence to take unilateral action to reject the counting of
electoral votes on January 6th"
Committee court filing (more): "Mr. Meadows
communicated repeatedly by text with Congressman Scott Perry regarding a plan to replace Department of Justice leadership in the days before January 6th"
Committee filing (more): "Mr. Meadows participated, as a functionary of the Trump campaign, in activities intended to result in actions by state officials and legislatures to change the certified results of the election"
Committee says it's making progress in talks w/ Trump White House figures:
"Committee now has testimony from other White House staff that Mr Meadows & certain congressmen were advised by White House Counsel that efforts to generate false certificates did not comply w/ the law"
Re: Trump ally Jeffrey Clark.. if appointed Atty General
Committee filing: "Evidence shows that Mr. Clark intended, if appointed, to issue a series of letters changing the Department’s position and giving credence to President Trump’s allegations that the election was stolen"
Noting this passage from Committee court filing tonight:
"Mr. Meadows was informed before the January 6th proceeding about the potential for violence
that day"
Committee: "Despite this and other warnings, President Trump urged the attendees at the January
6th rally to march to the Capitol to “take back your country"
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House Jan 6 Select Committee, in court filing says it wants to talk to Mark Meadows about:
1- Activities on behalf of Trump campaign
2- Discussions with Members of Congress
3-Communications w/ Rep Scott Perry (R-PA)
4-Possible communication w/ Michael Flynn & Roger Stone
Mark Meadows - Laura Ingraham texts from Jan 6, 2021
Per House Jan 6 Committee ====>
Donald Trump Jr texts to Mark Meadows.. per Jan 6 committee filing exhibits ===>
Excerpt included by Jan 6 committee.... of interview with Gen. Keith Kellogg about his ask of Ivanka Trump on Jan 6 ====>
More from Keith Kellogg interview excerpt released by House Jan 6 Committee
About Capitol siege: "I don't care if you were God. You couldn't control it."
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More from the House Jan 6 Select Committee excerpt of interview with Keith Kellogg... about Ivanka Trump talking to (intervening w/) her father on Jan 6
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Per another excerpt from Keith Kellogg interview by Rep Liz Cheney
Ivanka: "My father is stubborn"
Kellogg on Donald Trump: "It takes multiple times to convince him to do something"
Sean Hannity text to Mark Meadows.... per House Jan 6 Committee legal filing ===>
Another Hannity text w/ Meadows, per House Jan 6 Committee filing ===>
Per Jan 6 Cmte court filing:
When told "Vice President Mike Pence, as President of the Senate, should call out all electoral votes that he believes are unconstitutional as no electoral votes at all"..
Meadows responds: "I have pushed for this. Not sure it is going to happen"
Per Committee this exchange was between Rep Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows ====>
"We gotta get going"
House Jan 6 Select Committee court filing says this text exchange is between Mark Meadows and Rep Scott Perry (R-PA) ==>
To read the main filing for yourself ===>
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Finally... Committee press statement tonight:
"The Select Committee’s filing today urges the Court to reject Mark Meadows’s baseless claims and put an end to his obstruction of our investigation. Mr. Meadows is hiding behind broad claims of executive privilege..."
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Committee (more): "..even though much of the information we’re seeking couldn’t possibly be covered by privilege and courts have rejected similar claims because the committee’s interest in getting to the truth is so compelling. It’s essential that the American people..."
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Committee (more): "..fully understand Mr. Meadows’s role in events before, on, and after January 6th. His attempt to use the courts to cover up that information must come to an end.”
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