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Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., of the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection, testify before the House Rules Committee seeking contempt of Congress charges against former President Donald Trump's White House chief of staff Mark Meadows for not complying with a subpoena, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. A House vote to hold him in contempt would refer the charges to the Justice Department, which will decide whether to prosecute the former Republican congressman. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jan. 6 panel subpoenas retired Army colonel linked to election-fraud PowerPoint

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks with reporters outside the White House, Oct. 26, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Jan. 6 committee votes for contempt charges against Mark Meadows

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

From left, Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., and Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., finish meeting as the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection voted to pursue contempt charges against Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department lawyer who aligned with former President Donald Trump as Trump tried to overturn his election defeat, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘Last-ditch attempt’: Jan. 6 committee gives ex-Trump official final shot before House contempt vote

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks on a phone on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, on Oct. 30, 2020. The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection has issued almost three dozen subpoenas as it aggressively seeks information about the origins of the attack and what former President Donald Trump did or didn't do to stop it. The panel is exploring several paths simultaneously. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

Trump ally Mark Meadows cooperating with House Jan. 6 probe

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 26, 2020, file photo, Proud Boys leader Henry "Enrique" Tarrio wears a hat that says The War Boys during a rally in Portland, Ore. Complaining about jail conditions, the top leader of the Proud Boys far-right extremist group asked a judge on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, to free him before he finishes serving a five-month sentence for burning a Black Lives Matter banner taken from a historic Black church in Washington (AP Photo/Allison Dinner, File)

Jan. 6 committee subpoenas leaders of Proud Boys, Oath Keepers

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Roger Stone leaves federal court in Washington. The Justice Department has sued former President Donald Trump's ally Stone, accusing him and his wife of failing to pay nearly $2 million in income tax. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Jan. 6 committee issues new round of subpoenas targeting Trump allies

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this Monday, May 27, 2019, file photo, former White House strategist Steve Bannon poses prior to an interview with The Associated Press, in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Jan. 6 panel to start contempt proceedings against Steve Bannon for not showing up

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, photo, Republican gubernatorial candidate Denver Riggleman listens to a question during a news conference at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) **FILE**

Denver Riggleman, former GOP congressman, joins senior staff of House Jan. 6 select committee

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump turns to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, as he delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence watches, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool) ** FILE **

Trump-Pelosi toxicity trickles down, contaminates Capitol Hill

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Department of Homeland Security acting Secretary Chad Wolf walks on the stage to speak at an event at DHS headquarters in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Bennie Thompson subpoenas Chad Wolf

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump, center, surrounded by members of the Secret Service, walks across the tarmac to begin to greet supporters during his arrival at Palm Beach International Airport, Thursday, April 18, 2019, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Secret Service pressed by House committee about cost of protecting Trump, first family

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019, photo, handcuffed workers are escorted into a bus for transportation to a processing center following a raid by U.S. immigration officials at a Koch Foods Inc., plant in Morton, Miss. Three months after immigration agents arrested 680 Latino workers in a massive workplace sting at seven Mississippi chicken processing plants, a congressional committee plans a hearing into the raids and their effects, Thursday, Nov. 7, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) **FILE**

Dems demand companies pay illegal immigrants snared in poultry raids

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., speaks with reporters prior to the Friends of Mississippi Civil Rights gala Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, in Jackson, Miss., where he was one of five civil rights veterans honored. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) **FILE**

Dem chairman rules out ‘Abolish ICE’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Miss., speaks during a luncheon in Washington, Monday, Jan. 29, 2007. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

TSA defies audit, quietly expands behavior screening activity

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times