Trump’s former chief of staff gave evidence in special counsel investigation into effort to overturn 2020 election, ABC reports
Mark Meadows arrives at the House speaker’s office at the US Capitol on 10 October 2023. Meadows said he was giving a tour of the Capitol.Mark Meadows arrives at the House speaker’s office at the US Capitol on 10 October 2023. Meadows said he was giving a tour of the Capitol.
The cooperation of Meadows in the criminal case against Trump would be a victory for the special counsel, Jack Smith, because Meadows was among the closest advisers to Trump in the post-2020 election period and had direct knowledge of virtually every aspect of the charges. But it was unclear how valuable the information Meadows provided to prosecutors actually will be for trial purposes. In the classified documents investigation, the justice department gave immunity to the Trump adviser Kash Patel, whose information was nowhere in the indictment.