The US Capitol affair: the hearing of Mark Meadows will not take place
On the left without a cap in this photo of Donald Trump from December 2020, Mark Meadows, then chief of staff of the White House.
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The follow-up to the US parliamentary inquiry into the January 6 attack on the Capitol in Washington.
The special commission thought to obtain the first testimony of a relative of Donald Trump, but this will not be the case in the end.
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With our correspondent in Washington,
Guillaume Naudin
Mark Meadows has changed his mind.
Donald Trump's
fourth and final
chief of staff
no longer wants to cooperate with the House of Representatives special committee.
This about-face comes a few days after he accepted the principle of responding to the
summons
, and when
his book
on the last months of the Trump presidency comes out.
The nine members of the commission are particularly interested in its exchanges with the organizers of the demonstration of January 6, 2021 in the federal capital.
Contempt of Congress indictment?
Mark Meadows, who initially voluntarily delivered numerous documents, now accuses the commission of having no intention of respecting the executive's right to keep certain information secret.
For him, this makes his hearing scheduled for Wednesday untenable, but the body is not of this opinion and indicates that it is still waiting for this close advisor to the former president.
Otherwise, she could charge him with contempt of Congress.
This is what happened to Steve Bannon, former political adviser to Donald Trump.
He risks prison for his refusal to testify and his trial will begin on July 18.
The former tenant of the White House considers the commission highly biased.
He ordered his clan not to cooperate.
This change of foot from Mark Meadows seems to indicate that Donald Trump remains persuasive.
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