Bill Press: Throw the book at Mark Meadows

Now that the House has voted to hold former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in contempt for refusing to appear before the Jan. 6 Select Committee, Washington insiders are gripped in a typical, inside-the-Beltway dilemma: whether or not the Justice Department should file criminal charges against him. After all, unlike Steve Bannon, Mr. Meadows was a member of the executive branch and can therefore claim “executive privilege.”