Mark Meadows won't cooperate with Capitol riot committee until court rules on executive privilege

Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows this week said that he will not cooperate with the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th Capitol riots until the courts resolve issues surrounding executive privilege.

CNN reports that an attorney representing Meadows wrote a letter in which he blamed President Joe Biden for not doing enough to protect the prerogatives of the executive branch, and said it was because of this that Meadows would not be cooperating unless forced to do so.

"Mr. Meadows remains under the instructions of former President Trump to respect longstanding principles of executive privilege," the attorney wrote. "It now appears the courts will have to resolve this conflict."

The question now is whether the committee will vote to hold Meadows in criminal contempt as it did last month when Trump ally Steve Bannon flatly refused to cooperate with the investigation.

Despite the House of Representatives referring criminal charges against Bannon to the United States Department of Justice weeks ago, however, no charges have yet been brought.