Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows sues January 6 committee
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Washington — Former President Donald Trump's White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, is suing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the members of the House January 6 Committee, court records indicated Wednesday.
The notice of the lawsuit comes on the heels of Meadows' refusal to appear for a scheduled deposition Wednesday before the committee Pelosi has tasked with investigating the January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol.
Meadows informed the committee that he would no longer cooperate with its investigation Tuesday, as the chairman of the committee threatened him with criminal contempt of Congress if he didn't appear for his deposition. Congressman Bennie Thompson, the chairman, told Meadows' lawyer in a letter dated Tuesday that a failure to appear would mean the committee is "left with no choice but to advance contempt proceedings and recommend that the body in which Mr. Meadows once served refer him for criminal prosecution."
Two climbers were waiting to be rescued near the peak of Denali, a colossal mountain that towers over miles of vast tundra in southern Alaska, officials said Wednesday. Originally part of a three-person team that became stranded near the top of the mountain, the climbers put out a distress call more than 30 hours earlier suggesting they were hypothermic and unable to descend on their own, according to the National Park Service.
There's no making up for what Olympic hurdler Lashinda Demus lost on the day she finished .07 seconds behind a Russian opponent who, everyone later learned, was doping. What the American 400-meter hurdles champion will finally receive is a great day under the Eiffel Tower where she'll be presented with the gold medal she was denied 12 years ago at the London Olympics.