Introduction

The criminal contempt referl of mark meadows, who's the former chief of staff to donald trump when he was president, is now in the hands of the just department. Meadows is the second trump insider to be referred to the justice department for criminal contempt of congress. The house voted back in october to refer a contempt of congress charge against former white house adviser steve bannon. A judge has set bannon's contempt of congress trial date for july, just in time for the mid term campaign season.