We've wondered before whether Mark Meadows, the final White House chief of staff under Donald Trump, has flipped on his old boss like a pancake on a hot griddle.
Now it's reported that Meadows has testified before a federal grand jury in special counsel Jack Smith's investigations. The video above is from March, when Meadows was ordered to testify. It's unclear when Meadows testified, but his absence from MAGA world has been noticed, and Trump has asked about him.
The New York Times reports:
Mr. Meadows is a figure in both of the two distinct lines of inquiry being pursued by the special counsel appointed to oversee the Justice Department's scrutiny of Mr. Trump, Jack Smith.
One inquiry is focused on Mr. Trump's efforts to cling to power after losing the 2020 election, culminating in the attack by a pro-Trump mob on the Capitol during congressional certification of the Electoral College results on Jan. 6, 2021. The other is an investigation into Mr. Trump's handling of hundreds of classified documents after he left office and whether he obstructed efforts to retrieve them.
For months, people in Mr. Trump's orbit have been puzzled by and wary about the low profile kept by Mr. Meadows in the investigations. As reports surfaced of one witness after another going into the grand jury or to be interviewed by federal investigators, Mr. Meadows has kept largely out of sight, and some of Mr. Trump's advisers believe he could be a significant witness in the inquiries.
Mr. Trump himself has at times asked aides questions about how Mr. Meadows is doing, according to a person familiar with the remarks.
An attorney for Meadows said, “Without commenting on whether or not Mr. Meadows has testified before the grand jury or in any other proceeding, Mr. Meadows has maintained a commitment to tell the truth where he has a legal obligation to do so.”
How much do you want to make a dollar bet that Meadows flipped?
