Mark Meadows got a hefty payday for his book about the 2020 election, but it looks like the publisher is having buyers remorse and now wants all their money back - and then some.
The Hill is reporting that the publisher, All Seasons Press, filed a lawsuit arguing that Meadows "violated an agreement with All Seasons Press by including false statements about former President Trump’s claims surrounding the 2020 election." They went on to say the following:
“Meadows, the former White House Chief of Staff under President Donald J. Trump, promised and represented that ‘all statements contained in the Work are true and based on reasonable research for accuracy’ and that he ‘has not made any misrepresentations to the Publisher about the Work.
Meadows breached those warranties causing ASP to suffer significant monetary and reputational damage when the media widely reported … that he warned President Trump against claiming that election fraud corrupted the electoral votes cast in the 2020 Presidential Election and that neither he nor former President Trump actually believed such claims.”
The suit was not wholly unexpected after the bombshell ABC News reporting from late October that reported that Meadows "received immunity to testify before a grand jury convened to hear evidence from special counsel Jack Smith, reportedly contradicting statements he made in his book."
The filing went on to state: “Meadows’ reported statements to the Special Prosecutor and/or his staff and his reported grand jury testimony squarely contradict the statements in his Book, one central theme of which is that President Trump was the true winner of the 2020 Presidential Election and that election was ‘stolen’ and ‘rigged’ with the help from ‘allies in the liberal media,’ who ignored ‘actual evidence of fraud."
As part of the testimony, Meadows' reportedly said that Trump was "dishonest” with voters when he claimed victory on election night and that Meadows admitted Trump lost the election. He also denied seeing any fraud. This is totally contrary to what he said in the book.
The company is asking for a return of $350,000 they paid as an advance, $600,000 in out of pocket damages and a *at least* $1 million each for reputational damage suffered by the company and loss of expected profits for the book.
Get your checkbook out, Mark.
