Former Trump Aide Meadows Avoids Contempt of Congress Charge
- Meadows cited executive privilege for conversations with Trump
- Lawmakers said he already provided documents and wrote a book
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Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows won’t be indicted for defying subpoenas by the special congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, a major blow to the panel as it seeks cooperation of associates of former President Donald Trump.
The Justice Department sent the Jan. 6 committee a letter notifying it that Meadows and Dan Scavino, Trump’s former deputy chief of staff, won’t be indicted for contempt because they have been cooperating, according to a person familiar with the matter who asked to remain anonymous speaking about a non public matter.