Members of the House of Representatives voted in favor of prosecuting Mark Mendowe, the former secretary general (“chief of staff”) of the presidency during the days of Republican Donald Trump in power, after he refused to testify in the investigation into the bloody attack on the Washington Capitol on January 6.
Following this vote, the case of Mr Meadows, one of the former president’s closest associates, will be referred to federal prosecutors, who will be called upon to decide whether or not to prosecute him for “attempting to obstruct his investigation”. Congress. “
In this case, the investigation of the special commission of inquiry that seeks to shed light on the events of January 6, 2021, when thousands of supporters of Donald Trump stormed the Capitol to try to prevent the validation of Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election.
Mark Mendows, 62, then “storm chief” of the stormy tycoon, is at the heart of the investigation.
But he refuses to testify despite the summons served on him by the so-called “January 6 committee”. For this reason, because he is trying to “obstruct” the congressional inquiry by his silence, the elected officials decided to request that he be prosecuted.
The very discreet, based on what is said about him, Mr. Meadows is in danger of being imprisoned for a few months if he is convicted.
Mark Mendow’s refusal to testify did not constitute a lack of co-operation on his part, his lawyer, George Terwiliger, said, adding that his client had handed over thousands of official documents, e-mails and text messages to the commission.
It is rather a way to “comply” with Donald Trump’s desire to keep some information secret, in the name of presidential privileges.
Some of the text messages Mr. Mendows received were read aloud by lawmakers conducting the inquiry into meetings that were partly broadcast live on U.S. television news networks.
They came from Republican politicians, right-wing Fox News personalities, and even the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr. Everything called for him to push the billionaire to speak, to persuade his supporters, who were preparing to invade Congress, to retreat.
This shows, according to the special committee of inquiry, the central role of the former close associate of Mr. Trump in the events and the weight that his testimony could have. If he decided to express himself.
“We are not happy to be here,” said Liz Cheney, one of two members of the Republican Party who are extremely critical of the former president. “This is a serious matter and this is a step we would not have taken if it were not necessary,” he added.
“Witch hunt”
Mark Meadows is the second of the former president’s loyalists threatened with criminal prosecution as part of the investigation of the special commission of inquiry.
Gradually, the nervousness of Donald Trump’s environment becomes more noticeable.
The former president is trying his best to prevent the commission from approaching him further, especially to get his hands on documents that could incriminate him. He has made several appeals to justice, all fruitless to date.
Without waiting for the disputes to be resolved, the commission has taken testimonies from more than 300 people.
It is forced to move fast if it wants to make its findings public before the midterm elections, which will be held in less than a year, in November 2022. If Republicans regain control of the US House of Representatives in this contest, it is discounted. how they will bury her work.
As many of Trump’s supporters struggle to downplay the January 6 attack, they call the commission of inquiry a “witch hunt,” in the expression their leader likes to use.
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