The leader of the House of Representatives told members on Thursday that they will consider a resolution next week that would recommend that former White House chief of staff MarkMeadows be held in contempt of Congress.
The Republican who was once a member of the House said on Tuesday that he would no longer cooperate with the committee investigating the Capitol riot.
The panel threatened to initiate contempt proceedings against him, which could result in the filing of criminal charges by the Justice Department.
The committee issued two subpoenas to him and his cell phone service provider, and he filed a lawsuit in Washington federal court to have them thrown out.
The complaint asks a judge to resolve the issue of what he is in due to Trump ordering him not to comply with the congressional subpoena.
Trump argues that a subpoena would violate the president's executive privilege.
President Joe Biden has granted executive privilege for White House documents sought by the committee.
The House is expected to consider a resolution Recommending that the House of Representatives Find Mark R, as well as pending action by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, in his notice to Democratic House members on Thursday.
Last month, Meadows agreed to cooperate in a limited way with the probe, offering to give voluntary responses on topics that he does not believe are covered by executive privilege. He had already given some records to the committee.
The third person to face contempt actions by the House was Meadows.
Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department official, was voted to be in contempt by the select committee last week.
In October, the House voted to hold Steve Bannon in contempt. In November, he was charged with two counts of contempt of Congress. He is due to go on trial in July.
