mr. aguilar. >> thank you, mr. chairman, the last tuesday december 7th we received a letter saying his client's appearance for the deposition had become and i'm quoting untenable. something else happened last tuesday. the chief's chief hit the bookstores. mr. meadows memoir, remember, this is a witness who is refusing to compile with the law and answer our questions. in part because he says the former president has instructed him to do so. he says he was the chief of staff and he couldn't possibly disclose his conversations with the former president. but let's take a look at the book. this is from a section dealing with the january 6th rally at the ellipse and i'm going to put this quote up here on the screens. i'm not going to read the whole thing because we all know what the president said publicly that day but i want to read this part. when he got off stage, president trump let me know that he had been speaking metaphorically about the walk to the capitol. he knew we couldn't organize a trip like that on short n

mr. aguilar. >> thank you, mr. cheryl. last tuesday, december 7th, the select committee received a letter from mr. meadows lawyer telling us that his client's appearance for the deposition had become and i am quoting untenable. something else happened last tuesday. the chief's chief at the books stores. the memoir. remember, this is a witness who is refusing to comply with the law and answer our questions. in part, because he says the former president has instructed him to do so. he says he was the chief of staff and he couldn't possibly disclose his conversations with the former president. but let's take look at the book. this is from a section dealing with the january 6th rally at the ellipse. and i am going to put this quote up here on the screens. i am not going to read the whole thing because we all know what the president said publicly that day. but i want to to read this part. when he got off stage, president trump let me know that he had been speaking metaphoriccally and he knew we couldn't organize a trip like thi

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mr. aguilar. >> last tuesday, the select committee received a memo from mr. meadows' lawyers saying his client's appearances had become untenable. something else happened last tuesday. the chief's chief hit the bookstores, mr. meadows' memoir. this is a witness who is refusing to comply with the law and answer our questions in part because he says the former president has instructed him to do so. he says he was the chief of staff and couldn't disclose, his conversations with the president, but let's take a look at the book. this is from a section dealing with the january 6 rally at the ellipse. i am not going to read the whole thing because we know what the president said publicly that day, but i want to read this part. when he got off stage, president trump let me know he had been speaking metaphorically about the walk to the capital. he knew we couldn't organize a trip like that on such short notice. it is interesting because the select committee has a lot of interest in what the president said and did on january 6. we have a lot of questions about the prot

mr. aguilar: thank you, madam speaker. i appreciate the vice chair yielding. last tuesday, december 7, the select committee received a letter from mr. meadows' lawyer, telling us that his clients' appearance for a deposition had become, and i quote, untenable. something else happened last tuesday. mr. meadows' book, the chief's chief, hit book stores. this is a witness who is refusing to comply with the law and answer our questions in part because the former president has instructed him to do so. he says. he says that as chief of staff he couldn't possibly disclose the conversations with the former president. but look at his book and you get more information about his confidential conversations with the former president than our committee did. this is from a section dealing with january 6 rally at the ellipse. when he got offstage, president trump let me know that he had been speaking met forricly about the walk to the capitol. he nuaz well as anyone that we couldn't organize a trip like that on such short notice, end quote. that part is interesting because th

mr. aguilar: thank you, madam speaker. i appreciate the vice chair yielding. last tuesday, december 7, the select committee received a letter from mr. meadows' lawyer, telling us that his clients' appearance for a deposition had become, and i quote, untenable. something else happened last tuesday. mr. meadows' book, the chief's chief, hit book stores. this is a witness who is refusing to comply with the law and answer our questions in part because the former president has instructed him to do so. he says. he says that as chief of staff he couldn't possibly disclose the conversations with the former president. but look at his book and you get more information about his confidential conversations with the former president than our committee did. this is from a section dealing with january 6 rally at the ellipse. when he got offstage, president trump let me know that he had been speaking met forricly about the walk to the capitol. he nuaz well as anyone that we couldn't organize a trip like that on such short notice, end quote. that part is interesting because th

mr. aguilar? >> yea. >> mr. aguilar, yea. mrs. murphy? >> yea. >> mrs. murphy, yea. mr. raskin? >> yea. >> mr. raskin, yea. mrs. luria? >> yea. >> mrs. luria, yea. mr. kinzinger? >> yea. >> mr. kinzinger, yea. >> mr. chairman, you are now recorded. >> chair votes yea. >> mr. chairman, yea. >> the clerk will report the vote. >> mr. chairman, on this vote, there are nine ayes and zero noes. >> the motion is agreed to. the vice chair is recognized. >> mr. chairman, pursuant to clause 2l of rule 11, i request that members have two calendar days in which to file with the clerk of the committee supplemental or additional views on the measure ordered reported by the committee tonight. >> so ordered. without objection, staff is authorized to make any necessary technical or conforming changes to the report to reflect the actions of the committee. there being no further business, without objection, the select committee stands adjourned. >>> and that was it. a unanimous vote for contempt for mr. clark, the former justice department official. but, some unexpected turns in there, including t

mr. aguilar. >> thank you, mr. chairman. last tuesday, december 7th, the committee received a letter from his lawyer untenable. something else happened last tuesday. the chief's chief hit the book stores, mr. meadows memoir. and remember, this is a witness refusing to comply with the law and answering our questions in part because he says the former president has instructed him to do so. he says he was the chief of staff and he couldn't possibly disclose his conversations with the former president, but take a look at the book. this is from a section dealing with the january 6th rally at the eclipse and i'm going to put this quote up on the screens. i'm not going to read the whole thing because we all know what the president said publicly that day, but i want to read this part. when he got off stage, president trump let me know that he had been speaking metaphorically about the walk to the capitol. he knew as well as anyone that we couldn't organize a trip like that on such short notice. this is interesting because the select

mr. aguilar: thank you, madam speaker. i appreciate the vice chair yielding. last tuesday, december 7, the select committee received a letter from mr. meadows' lawyer, telling us that his clients' appearance for a deposition had become, and i quote, untenable. something else happened last tuesday. mr. meadows' book, the chief's chief, hit book stores. this is a witness who is refusing to comply with the law and answer our questions in part because the former president has instructed him to do so. he says. he says that as chief of staff he couldn't possibly disclose the conversations with the former president. but look at his book and you get more information about his confidential conversations with the former president than our committee did. this is from a section dealing with january 6 rally at the ellipse. when he got offstage, president trump let me know that he had been speaking met forricly about the walk to the capitol. he nuaz well as anyone that we couldn't organize a trip like that on such short notice, end quote. that part is interesting because th

mr. aguilar that i wish him a merry christmas and i will deliver a present to his office. i appreciate you for holding today's hearing and wish you a merry christmas. >> i look forward to another good year. we will continue to be friends even after my departure from congress, which will be 12 months from now. let me close by asking unanimous consent that another -- testimony from another colleague be entered. no objection, it will be received. further remarks? any good statements? hearing on and without objection, the hearing of this subcommittee on elections stands adjourned. [gavel] committed to providing eligible families access to affordable internet. bridging the digital divide one connected and engaged student at a time. bringing us closer. we support c-span as opposed service along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. native american tribal leaders showed how

mr. aguilar: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. ruiz, i inform the house that mr. ruiz will vote yes on house resolution 829. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. reschenthaler of pennsylvania, i inform the house that mr. reschenthaler will be voting no on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? mr. soto: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. cardenas, i inform the house that mr. cardenas will vote yea on h.res. 829. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from utah seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. chris stewart of utah, i inform the house that mr. stewart will vote nay on the rule. madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. blake stewart of utah, i inform the house that mr. stewart will vote -- sorry -- mr. moore will vote nay on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida seek recogniti

mr. aguilar: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. ruiz, i inform the house that mr. ruiz will vote yes on h.r. 5720. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? ms. scanlon: as the member designated by ms. porter, i inform the house that ms. porter will vote yes on h.r. 5720. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? mr. fleischmann: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. palazzo of mississippi, i inform the house that mr. palazzo will vote nay on h.r. 5720. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? mr. foster: as the member designated by mr. casten, i inform the house that mr. casten will vote yes on h.r. 5720. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from indiana seek recognition? mrs. walorski: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. bucshon of indiana, i inform the house that mr. bucshon of indiana will vote yea on h.r. 5720. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose d

mr. aguilar: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. ruiz, i inform the house that mr. ruiz will vote yes on h.r. 2930. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? mr. casten: as the member designated by mr. underwood, i inform the house that -- ms. underwood, i inform the house that ms. underwood will vote yes on h.r. 2930. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. evans: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. lawson, i inform the house that mr. lawson votes yes on h.r. 2930. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. albio sires, i inform the house that mr. sires votes yes on h.r. 2930. as the member designated by mrs. bonnie watson coleman, i inform the house that mrs. watson coleman will vote yes on h.r. 2930. and as the member designated by mr. donald payne, i inform the house that mr. payne will vote yes on h.r. 2930. the speaker pro tempore: f

aguilar: thank you mr. chairman. i appreciate it. i am here and i am present. i want to make sure that the ranking member understands i want credit for being at this. hearing. . i appreciate it and i expect flowers and chocolate delivered from the ranking member. thank you. under your leadership, house administration election subcommittee has done robust work over the past few years with field hearings done in a bipartisan way taking testimony from our colleagues like our colleague from texas and finding out exactly what americans are going through. finding out the barriers they are facing themselves. we can only do that by hearing testimony. i appreciate your test -- willingness to take in person and virtually from experts and individuals from around the country in order to make our democracy stronger and that we can continue to have everyone exercise their franchised to vote. rep. butterfield: thank you congressman aguiar and i have to say you look a lot different at 7:00 in the morning as opposed to 12 noon. we welcome you and thank you for your friendship.

mr. meadows about that. >> congressman pete aguilar from the january 6th investigation there citing text messages between trump's white house chief of staff mark meadows and a member of congress. messages that appear to be about how to throw out the election results, state legislatures and the vice president. that's the plot. that was the scheme on how to do it. congressman jamie raskin also describing something sent to the white house chief of staff by a member of congress. have republican-controlled stat legislatures just send trump electors even if biden won those states. let the supreme court sort it out.urrs that was the plot. and that was sent from a member of congress to the white house chief of staff the day after the election, when the election as hadn't even been called yet. again, formally they are making the case to members of congress here, hey, there's all this very intriguing and interesting stuf, that we have learned from mr. meadows about the heart of our investigation, we need to be able to ask him about these materials.owin in real politic what they are doing is exploding one of these every fe

mr. meadows about that. >> congressman pete aguilar from the january six investigation they're citing text messages between trump's white house chief of staff, mark meadows and a member of congress. messages that appeared to be about how to throw out the election results. state legislatures and the vice president, that is how will do it, right? that was the plot. that was the scheme. by which they tried to do. it congressman jamie raffensperger also said that to the white house chief of staff, by a member of congress. have republican control state legislators, to send -- let the supreme court sorted out. yes, that was the plot. [laughs] >> and that was sent from a member of congress. to the white house chief of staff the day after the election. when the election hadn't even been called yet. again, formally, they are making the case to members of congress, there is all this very intriguing and interesting stuff that we have learned from mr. meadows by the heart of our investigation, we need to ask him about these materials. in real politics, what they are doing, is exploding one of these every few hours. ne

aguilar. >> in one text message to a lawmaker, mr. meadows wrote, he -- he, presumably being president trump -- quote, he thinks the legislatures have the power but the vp has power, too. end quote. >> the power to do what? we could guess the power to overturn the election results. the power to reject the will of the voters. and days later, a violent mob tried to get vice president pence to do just that. >> well, these texts come on top of others to mark meadows revealed last night on efforts by those close to the former froz get him to tear himself away from the television, reportedly pleased at what he was seeing, and say something to call off the mob. now, implicit in this, of course, is their presumption that, in fact, it was his mob to call off, not antifa or the deep state or anyone else but his violent supporters. several fox news figures, one coming from don jr. >> he has to lead now. it has gone too far and gotten out of hand. mark, the president needs to tell people in the capitol to go home. this is hurting all of us. he is

mr. meadows is claiming. the fact that he sent us all these documents shows that he understands that he doesn't enjoy absolute privilege. >> reporter: representative pete aguilarlso told reporters that he believes meadows backed away from his promise to cooperate because, quote, president trump told him to. but the members of the select committee are not backing down. >> he owes us an explanation, and we need to get it. his unlawful refusal to answer the questions about the material that he has acknowledged is not subject to executive privilege. >> reporter: reacting on sean hannity's show monday night to the contempt vote, meadows attempted to shift the narrative. >> obviously, it is disappointing but not surprising. let's be clear about this, sean, this is not about me holding me in contempt. it is not even about me making the capitol safer. we see that by some of the selective leaks that are going on whright now. this is about donald trump and actually going after him once again, continuing to go after donald trump. when we look at the real results of this investigation, it is not really -- the foundation is not based on a legislative purpose. very high pro