Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol warned that they are willing to seek criminal contempt charges against former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows if he fails to appear for his Friday deposition.

The Washington Times reports:

In a letter Thursday to Mr. Meadows’ lawyer, George Terwilliger III, committee Chairman Bennie Thompson said Mr. Meadows has no legal standing to ignore the committee’s demands.

“Simply put, there is no valid legal basis for Mr. Meadows’ continued resistance to the Select Committee’s subpoena,” wrote Mr. Thompson, Mississippi Democrat.

The letter followed Mr. Terwilliger’s assertion that Mr. Meadows remained “immune” from the committee’s probe, citing [45th] President Donald Trump‘s claims of executive privilege. Mr. Thompson dismissed that claim outright.

“The law requires that Mr. Meadows comply with the subpoena absent an applicable immunity or valid assertion of a Constitutionally based privilege,” Mr. Thompson wrote.

The Democrat-controlled House voted last month to hold former Trump adviser Steve Bannon in criminal contempt after he did not appear for a deposition before the committee.