United States House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on contempt charges linked to Mark Meadows, the former White House Chief of Staff, on Tuesday. The former official earlier said that he will not cooperate with the House Select Committee in the investigation of the Capitol insurrection.

The news comes a day after the House Select Committee voted 9-0 to recommend contempt charges to the legislative body. If and when the House accepts the charges, the case would be handed over to the United States Department of Justice. 

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Before Meadows pulled out his deal of cooperating with the House of Representatives committee, he provided a series of texts messages. These messages show that multiple parties — including Fox News anchors, lawmakers in US Congress, and Trump’s son– urged Trump to take steps to curb the violence.

The committee also revealed the conversations between Donald Trump Jr and Meadows. “We need an Oval Office address”, the former President’s son wrote to the White House executive on January 6.

He added, “He has to lead now. It has gone too far and gotten out of hand”, as lawmakers were rushed of the legislative chamber after being interrupted during the certification of votes.

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Liz Cheney, a Republican lawmaker from Wyoming and the second in command in the investigative committee, said that the texts show Trump’s “supreme dereliction” as he did not immediately called out the violence at the Capitol complex. 

The House of Representatives vote comes as the panel has already interviewed more than 300 witnesses, and subpoenaed more than 40 people, as it seeks to create the most comprehensive record yet of the lead-up to the insurrection and of the violent siege itself.

(With AP inputs)