{"id":1117149,"date":"2021-12-14T08:29:29","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T13:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1117149"},"modified":"2021-12-14T08:29:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T13:29:31","slug":"watch-mark-meadows-responds-to-january-6-committee-making-criminal-referral-against-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-mark-meadows-responds-to-january-6-committee-making-criminal-referral-against-him\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Mark Meadows Responds To January 6 Committee Making Criminal Referral Against Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-mark-meadows-responds-to-january-6-committee-making-criminal-referral-against-him%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1117149&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Mark Meadows, former President Donald Trump\u2019s chief of staff, responded to the Democratic-led House select committee investigating the January 6 riot that referred him to the Department of Justice for prosecution for alleged criminal contempt on Monday by suggesting that the referral was not legitimate.<\/p>\n<p>Meadows appeared on Fox News with host Sean Hannity to push back on the criminal referral, saying that it was \u201cdisappointing, but not surprising.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meadows said that the referral was not about him or making the Capital safer and that it was about \u201cDonald Trump and about actually going after him once again, continuing to go after Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd when we look at the real results of this investigation, it is not really \u2014 the foundation is not based on a legislative purpose,\u201d he continued. \u201cListen, they want to talk about the part that fits their narrative and what we do know in one of the things that is coming out more and more clearly each and every day is is that everyone condemned what happened in terms of the breach of security on the Capitol on January 6th.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can say this: that when you look at the criminal component of this, the intent, there\u2019s never been an intent on my part,\u201d Meadows said. \u201cI\u2019ve tried to share non-privileged information. \u201cBut truly, the executive privilege that Donald Trump has claimed is his to waive. It\u2019s not mine to waive. It\u2019s not Congress\u2019s to waive. And that\u2019s why we filed the lawsuit to hopefully get the courts to weigh in. Hopefully, they\u2019ll weigh in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>SEAN HANNITY, FOX NEWS HOST: All right. Also tonight, more antics from the Democrat sham January 6 Committee. We\u2019ve been telling you, this is a waste of your time and money. They have a predetermined outcome and, by the way, it lacks any serious investigation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And breaking tonight, the committee voted to send a criminal contempt of Congress resolution to the House for former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows for failing to comply with a sham subpoena, documents he says are protected by executive privilege. That would need to be played out in the courts.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We are now learning about an email from the former chief of staff that said the National Guard was on standby to protect, quote, pro-Trump people, and don\u2019t forget, President Trump requested increased National Guard support in the days leading up to the \u2014 to January 6.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The request was rejected, by Pelosi, by congressional leaders, including request, by the way, from the Capitol police chief.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Here with reaction, author of \u2014 it\u2019s in bookstores everywhere, Amazon.com, Hannity.com. I read the book cover to cover, it\u2019s worth \u2014 you\u2019ve got to get a copy. It\u2019s an insider\u2019s view that actually is fair to Donald Trump, what a rarity. \u201cThe Chief\u2019s Chief\u201d, Mark Meadows.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>First, I guess I\u2019ll get your reaction to the January 6 vote 9-0 that will now go before the House. But we already know this is a predetermined outcome. Didn\u2019t we learn that when they kicked Jim Jordan and Jim Banks off the committee?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MARK MEADOWS, FORMER WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF: Well, we did. Obviously, it\u2019s disappointing, but not surprising. And let\u2019s be clear about this, Sean, this is not about me \u2014 holding me in contempt. It\u2019s not even about making the Capital safer. We see that by some of the selective leaks that are going on right now.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This is about Donald Trump and about actually going after him once again continuing to go after Donald Trump. And when we look at the real results of this investigation, it is not really \u2014 the foundation is not based on a legislative purpose.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>HANNITY: You know, I\u2019m looking at the interpretation of this biased committee, Liz Cheney and company. I love how Liz has now partnered with the people that called her father a war criminal, a murderer and a crook \u2014 pretty amazing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And I\u2019m looking at this committee and they\u2019re acting as though somehow, it\u2019s nefarious. You have massive crowds coming to Washington. We just came out of the summer of 2020. Now, they\u2019re not investigating the 500 riots that killed dozens of Americans, hurt thousands of cops, caused billions in property damage, Liz Cheney and company have no interest in those riots. I condemn them all equally on this program.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But what I want to know is, you know, as if it\u2019s a bad thing after coming out of the summer of 2020 saying, okay, there might be troublemakers here. We need to protect the Capitol.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You asked for it before the rally on January 6. The president asked for it. The Capitol police chief asked for it. And we now have reports of whistle-blowers telling us as National Guard members, they were told to stand down when they wanted to go in and stop the trouble.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I don\u2019t hear them talking<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Meadows, former President Donald Trump\u2019s chief of staff, responded to the Democratic-led House select committee investigating the January 6 riot that referred him to the Department of Justice for prosecution for alleged criminal contempt on Monday by suggesting that the referral was not legitimate.Meadows appeared on Fox News with host Sean Hannity to push back on the criminal referral, saying that it was \u201cdisappointing, but not surprising.\u201dMeadows said that the referral was not about him or making the Capital safer and that it was about \u201cDonald Trump and about actually going after him once again, continuing to go after Donald Trump.\u201d\u201cAnd when we look at the real results of this investigation, it is not really \u2014 the foundation is not based on a legislative purpose,\u201d he continued. \u201cListen, they want to talk about the part that fits their narrative and what we do know in one of the things that is coming out more and more clearly each and every day is is that everyone condemned what happened in terms of the breach of security on the Capitol on January 6th.\u201d\u201cI can say this: that when you look at the criminal component of this, the intent, there\u2019s never been an intent on my part,\u201d Meadows said. \u201cI\u2019ve tried to share non-privileged information. \u201cBut truly, the executive privilege that Donald Trump has claimed is his to waive. It\u2019s not mine to waive. It\u2019s not Congress\u2019s to waive. And that\u2019s why we filed the lawsuit to hopefully get the courts to weigh in. Hopefully, they\u2019ll weigh in.\u201dSEAN HANNITY, FOX NEWS HOST: All right. Also tonight, more antics from the Democrat sham January 6 Committee. We\u2019ve been telling you, this is a waste of your time and money. They have a predetermined outcome and, by the way, it lacks any serious investigation.And breaking tonight, the committee voted to send a criminal contempt of Congress resolution to the House for former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows for failing to comply with a sham subpoena, documents he says are protected by executive privilege. That would need to be played out in the courts.We are now learning about an email from the former chief of staff that said the National Guard was on standby to protect, quote, pro-Trump people, and don\u2019t forget, President Trump requested increased National Guard support in the days leading up to the \u2014 to January 6.The request was rejected, by Pelosi, by congressional leaders, including request, by the way, from the Capitol police chief.Here with reaction, author of \u2014 it\u2019s in bookstores everywhere, Amazon.com, Hannity.com. I read the book cover to cover, it\u2019s worth \u2014 you\u2019ve got to get a copy. It\u2019s an insider\u2019s view that actually is fair to Donald Trump, what a rarity. \u201cThe Chief\u2019s Chief\u201d, Mark Meadows.First, I guess I\u2019ll get your reaction to the January 6 vote 9-0 that will now go before the House. But we already know this is a predetermined outcome. Didn\u2019t we learn that when they kicked Jim Jordan and Jim Banks off the committee?MARK MEADOWS, FORMER WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF: Well, we did. Obviously, it\u2019s disappointing, but not surprising. And let\u2019s be clear about this, Sean, this is not about me \u2014 holding me in contempt. It\u2019s not even about making the Capital safer. We see that by some of the selective leaks that are going on right now.This is about Donald Trump and about actually going after him once again continuing to go after Donald Trump. And when we look at the real results of this investigation, it is not really \u2014 the foundation is not based on a legislative purpose.HANNITY: You know, I\u2019m looking at the interpretation of this biased committee, Liz Cheney and company. I love how Liz has now partnered with the people that called her father a war criminal, a murderer and a crook \u2014 pretty amazing.And I\u2019m looking at this committee and they\u2019re acting as though somehow, it\u2019s nefarious. You have massive crowds coming to Washington. We just came out of the summer of 2020. Now, they\u2019re not investigating the 500 riots that killed dozens of Americans, hurt thousands of cops, caused billions in property damage, Liz Cheney and company have no interest in those riots. I condemn them all equally on this program.But what I want to know is, you know, as if it\u2019s a bad thing after coming out of the summer of 2020 saying, okay, there might be troublemakers here. We need to protect the Capitol.You asked for it before the rally on January 6. The president asked for it. The Capitol police chief asked for it. And we now have reports of whistle-blowers telling us as National Guard members, they were told to stand down when they wanted to go in and stop the trouble.I don\u2019t hear them talking about that part.MEADOWS: Yeah, I \u2014 well, listen, they want to talk about the part that fits their narrative and what we do know in one of the things that is coming out more and more clearly each and every day is is that everyone condemned what happened in terms of the breach of security on the Capitol on January 6th.But what we also know is that President Trump wanted to make sure that the people that came, that there was a safe environment for that \u2014 that kind of assembly. And I\u2019ve said that publicly before, the 10,000 National Guard troops that he wanted to make sure that everything was safe and secure.And yet, the way that some of the Democrats are spinning this, trying to spin some nefarious purpose I think at the end of the day, they\u2019re going \u2014 they\u2019re going to find that not only did the president act, but he acted quickly. And in doing all of that, it\u2019s important, you know, with this contempt vote that\u2019s coming out tomorrow, there\u2019s a high \u2014 very high probability that they will refer me for criminal contempt to DOJ.But there\u2019s \u2014 you know, this \u2014(CROSSTALK)HANNITY: What will you do? What will you do, Cong \u2014 what will you do, Congressman?MEADOWS: Well, I mean, at this point \u2014 at this point, Sean, you know, it will be turned over to the hands of DOJ. I can say this: that when you look at the criminal component of this, the intent, there\u2019s never been an intent on my part. I\u2019ve tried to share non-privileged information.But truly, the executive privilege that Donald Trump has claimed is his to waive. It\u2019s not mine to waive. It\u2019s not Congress\u2019s to waive.And that\u2019s why we filed the lawsuit to hopefully get the courts to weigh in. Hopefully, they\u2019ll weigh in.HANNITY: Well, before they did this to Steve Bannon, the last time they had done this \u2014 hold somebody in contempt of Congress \u2014 was 1983. President \u2014 I notice they haven\u2019t been focused on President Trump\u2019s actual words at the rally that day.Many of you will now peacefully and patriotically march the capital so your voices may be heard.I didn\u2019t hear it in any of that, Congressman, many of you will march peacefully, and \u2014 not peacefully and not patriotically and invade the Capital.Now, the fact that they are ignoring your request, they\u2019re ignoring the president\u2019s request, they\u2019re ignoring the Capitol police chief\u2019s request earlier for support from the National Guard, which is especially after the summer of 2020, that\u2019s just good common sense. That\u2019s smart policing. That\u2019s for the protection of everybody.MEADOWS: Well \u2014 you\u2019re exactly right. And, obviously \u2014 obviously, having those National Guards available \u2014 actually, the reason they were able to respond when they did was because President Trump had actually put them on alert.But I would also want to comment on one other thing. If we look at senior officials, chiefs of staff and those senior to the president of the United States, compelling them to come in and testify and what we\u2019re seeing now, there\u2019s lots of jurisprudence and at least legal opinions and law that would suggest that that\u2019s not something that should be in the purview of Congress.So, hopefully, the courts will weigh in.HANNITY: Well, I\u2019ve got a question. You know, I said that day and I\u2019ve said it now and \u2014 and I mean it, we are a country of law and order. We have to be.Now, with that said, I want to get to the bottom of it. I want to know why the Guard was told to stand down, one. I want to know why your request, why President Trump\u2019s request for the Guard knowing what happened in the summer of 2020 was denied.And I would like an answer to why we had 500 riots in the summer of 2020, dozens of Americans dead, thousands of cops injured, billions of dollars of property damage, arson and looting. Where\u2019s that committee, Congressman? I\u2019d like to see that committee.MEADOWS: Well \u2014 yeah, that committee is not there and, obviously, there\u2019s a political narrative that really focuses on Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States and sadly, when we look at what is to be accomplished, I\u2019m not sure that this committee is set up to do that.HANNITY: All right. We appreciate it and thanks for being with us. We\u2019re going to watch this very closely.And coming up, Biden\u2019s failed policies have created a labor shortage and stores are beginning to reduce their hours as a result. \u201cDirty Jobs\u201d host, our friend Mike Rowe, is next, as we continue.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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