‘Do your job’: Jan. 6 committee presses DOJ as push for Meadows contempt charge languishes

Chair Bennie Thompson makes a statement during a committee hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, March 28, 2022. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo

The House’s Jan. 6 select committee vented frustration with the Justice Department on Monday for not criminally charging former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows for contempt of Congress and not taking other steps to support their investigation.

As the panel teed up two more criminal referrals — this time seeking contempt charges against former Trump aides Dan Scavino and Peter Navarro — members repeatedly urged the Justice Department to take more-aggressive action. The full House is likely to vote

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