The House votes to hold Mark Meadows in contempt, sending a criminal referral to DOJ
The vote now leaves it up to the Justice Department to decide whether it will pursue criminal charges against the former White House chief of staff.
A day after lawmakers shared an explosive series of text messages sent to Mark Meadows during the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, the Democratic-led U.S. House voted to hold the former Trump White House chief of staff in criminal contempt of Congress.
The Tuesday evening vote, cast almost completely along party lines, triggers a series of steps to send the referral to the U.S. attorney's office, leaving the Justice Department to decide whether it will pursue a prosecution in the case.
If so, Meadows could face up a year in jail
