Former Trump administration official warned of violence on Jan. 6

A former White House official warned Mark Meadows, who served as the former President Donald Trump's chief of staff, that the events of Jan. 6, 2021, could turn violent, according to a court filing from the House panel investigating the Capitol riot.

Cassidy Hutchinson, special assistant to the Trump White House, said Meadows received information before the day of the attack that indicated there could be violence, according to transcripts contained in the 248-page filing late Friday.

Hutchinson remembers Mr. Ornato coming in and saying that we had intel reports saying there could potentially be violence on the 6th. And Mr. Meadows said all right. Let's talk about it, in apparent reference to Anthony M. Ornato, a Secret Service official.

Hutchinson said she was unsure if he perceived them as genuine concerns because they knew there were concerns brought forward to Mr. Meadows. I'm not sure if he did it internally, Hutchinson said.

It wasn't clear from Hutchinson's testimony what intel Meadows allegedly received.

NBC News reached out to Meadows' attorney for comment.

The panel has ramped up its investigation in recent months ahead of public hearings in June.

In December, Meadows filed a lawsuit against the committee, hours after it said it plans to move forward with contempt proceedings against him over his refusal to answer questions about the attack. The House voted to send Meadows to the Justice Department for a potential contempt of Congress charge.

Meadows has handed over thousands of text messages, but has refused to sit down for an interview. In his lawsuit against the panel, he argued that the panel issued subpoenas without legal authority and that he is immune from having to testify due to his White House role.

Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss, made a statement. Chair of the committee, Liz Cheney, R-Wyo. One Republican on the panel said his latest filing urges the Court to reject Mark Meadows' baseless claims and put an end to his obstruction of our investigation. They argued that it is important for the American people to fully understand Meadows role in the events that occurred on January 6 as well as in the days before and after the attack.

In its Friday filing, the panel said they wanted to get Meadows on the record on seven topics, including testimony about communication with Congress before Jan. 6, 2021, and the White House plans to replace the leadership of Justice Department so that the department could pursue Trump's bogus claims of election fraud and create alternative, or fake, slates of state electors who could change the outcome of the 2020 election that Democrat Joe Biden won.

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md. The committee said this week that members will present evidence during the upcoming hearings to prove that there was coordination between Trump, his inner circle and those who stormed the Capitol.