DOJ declines to charge Meadows and Scavino with contempt of Congress
The
Department of Justice has informed the
House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection that it will not indict two former
Trump White House officials found in contempt by the committee.
According to a source familiar with the notification,
US Attorney Matt Graves notified
Doug Letter, the
House general counsel, that the
Justice Department had completed its review and had decided it
"will not be initiating prosecutions for criminal contempt, as requested in the referral against Messrs Meadows and Scavino."
The decision by the
Justice Department is a blow to the
House panel's efforts to enforce subpoenas related to its investigation and could embolden other
Trump associates facing similar requests to not cooperate. It comes the same day that former
White House trade adviser
Peter Navarro was indicted for failing to cooperate with the committee.
