Recent updates: President Trump Meadows no longer joins party January 6th

Former White House President Donald Trump will no longer join a congressional committee investigating the US Capitol attacks on January 6, in a way that reflects the growing tension between allies of the former president and lawmakers.

Bennie Thompson, a Democrat presiding committee elected on January 6, said last month Mark Meadows was “dealing” with a group of legislators through his lawyer, and submitted submissions to the committee and issued a ruling in accordance with the congressional document.

But George Terwilliger, Meadows’ attorney, revealed Tuesday that his client is no longer in agreement, criticizing the committee for not acting “in good faith”. In a letter sent to Thompson and received by the Financial Times, Terwilliger stated that the committee “had no intention of respecting the limits of greater privilege”.

Terwilliger and a spokesman for the January 6 committee did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The U-turn from Meadows comes as a former chief of staff was criticized by Trump supporters at an upcoming memorial when Meadows described the then-President’s war with Covid-19. In the book, Meadows claims that Trump tested positive for the virus before a radio controversy with Joe Biden.

Trump and his allies want to call for a “greater opportunity”, a legislative meeting that means some presidential communications are confidential, for not working with a January 6 committee, consisting of only Democratic lawmakers and Republicans: Liz Cheney. of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois.

Trump sued the group to block the release of documents relating to his last days in office, when Steve Bannon, another Trump ally, was indicted by the high court last month for insulting Congress after failing to comply. from a group of legislators.

It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post. Meadows was the Republican Congressman for North Carolina before being named as the fourth and final leader of Trump’s staff.