Former US President Donald Trump’s ex-chief of staff is cooperating with a congressional panel investigating the deadly January 6 Capitol insurrection, including providing documentation, the committee’s chairman has said.
The agreement announced on Tuesday comes after two months of negotiations between Mark Meadows and the US House of Representatives committee, which is probing the events that led up to the deadly riot by a mob of Trump supporters at the US Capitol building.
It also comes after the US Department of Justice indicted longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon for defying a subpoena to cooperate in the investigation.
Democratic Representative Bennie Thompson, chairman of the House of Representatives select committee investigating the deadly events, said in a statement on Tuesday that he expects Meadows “to provide all information requested”.
“Mr. Meadows has been engaging with the Select Committee through his attorney. He has produced records to the committee and will soon appear for an initial deposition,” Thompson said.
On January 6, Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol in a bid to prevent Congress from formally certifying his 2020 presidential election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. Five people died and more than 100 law enforcement officers were injured.
Shortly before the riot, Trump gave a speech to his supporters repeating his false claims that the election was “stolen” from him through widespread voter fraud. He urged to crowd to “fight like hell” to “stop the...
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