The House of Representatives late Tuesday voted to hold former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress after he ceased to cooperate with a congressional subpoena linked to the Jan. 6 breach of the Capitol building. It marks the first time the chamber has voted to hold a former member in contempt since the 1830s. Meadows, a Republican, served as a U.S. House representative for North Carolina’s 11th congressional district prior to joining the Trump administration. The vote was 222-208 largely on party lines in the Democrat-majority chamber. Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) were two Republicans who sided with Democrats in voting in favor of the measure that recommends the Department of Justice to pursue criminal contempt charges against Meadows. A conviction on the charge carries up to a year in prison. The vote comes a day after the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol breach voted 9-0 …
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