Tag Archives: Mark Meadows

The Guardian reports: Fulton county prosecutors do not intend to offer plea deals to Donald Trump and at least two high-level co-defendants charged in connection with their efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia, according to two people familiar with the matter, preferring instead to force them to trial. The individuals seen as ineligible include Trump, his former White …

“Mark 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 …

ABC News reports: Special counsel Jack Smith’s team is accusing former President Donald Trump of threatening Trump’s former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, after an ABC News report on Tuesday detailed some of what Meadows allegedly told investigators about Trump and the 2020 presidential election, including that he repeatedly told Trump in the weeks following the election that allegations of …

Posted last night to Trump’s Truth Social account: I don’t think Mark Meadows would lie about the Rigged and Stollen 2020 Presidential Election merely for getting IMMUNITY against Prosecution (PERSECUTION!) by Deranged Prosecutor, Jack Smith. BUT, when you really think about it, after being hounded like a dog for three years, told you’ll be going to jail for the rest …

ABC News reports: Former President Donald Trump’s final chief of staff in the White House, Mark Meadows, has spoken with special counsel Jack Smith’s team at least three times this year, including once before a federal grand jury, which came only after Smith granted Meadows immunity to testify under oath. The sources said Meadows informed Smith’s team that he repeatedly …

The New York Times reports: Both in print and in the conversation in her high rise, Ms. Hutchinson described a journey down a political rabbit hole that might have tested the psychological stamina of a more seasoned operative. It was, by her telling, an administration awash in paranoia, with Mr. Meadows and others refusing to dispose of daily litter in …

CNBC reports: Donald Trump on Wednesday offered to “exchange” his right to a speedy trial in his Georgia election-conspiracy case for an Atlanta judge ruling that would have the former president tried separately from 18 other defendants. Trump’s co-defendant Mark Meadows, who served as his White House chief of staff, shortly afterward filed an identical offer waiving a speedy trial …

CNBC reports: A federal judge denied former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’ request for an emergency stay of a ruling that sent his Georgia election interference case back to state court, a court filing showed Wednesday. Meadows, former President Donald Trump’s final chief of staff, had asked U.S. District Judge Steve Jones to pause his ruling pending an …

Reuters reports: Mark Meadows, a former aide to Donald Trump who was charged in Georgia with trying to overturn the former U.S. president’s 2020 election loss, has appealed a judge’s ruling denying his bid to move the case to federal court, a court filing showed on Monday. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones on Friday denied a bid by Meadows to …

Politico reports: The prosecution of former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows for attempting to overturn the 2020 election will remain in state court, a federal judge ruled Friday as he turned down Meadows’ bid to move the case to federal court. The decision, which Meadows is likely to appeal, is a victory for Fulton County District Attorney Fani …

USA Today reports: Mark Meadows, the former White House chief of staff, pleaded not guilty in a court filing Tuesday to Georgia racketeering charges alleging he tried to help Trump steal the 2020 election. Meadows and 18 co-defendants were indicted in Fulton County on Aug. 14 on a combined 41 charges. By entering a plea through a court filing, he …

The New York Times reports: Five defendants have already sought to move the state case to federal court, citing their ties to the federal government. The first one to file — Mark Meadows, Mr. Trump’s chief of staff during the 2020 election — will make the argument for removal on Monday, in a hearing before a federal judge in Atlanta. …

The Daily Beast reports: Mark Meadows, Donald Trump’s former chief of staff, surrendered to authorities in Georgia on Thursday on allegations he—along with the former president and 17 others—schemed to keep Trump in power after losing the 2020 election. Along with the onetime Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, Meadows had begged for an urgent delay to the deadline for his …

CNBC reports: Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’ bond was set at $100,000 on Thursday in the Georgia criminal case accusing ex-President Donald Trump and his allies of illegally trying to overturn the state’s 2020 election results. Meadows was charged with racketeering and soliciting a violation of an oath by a public officer. Meadows is seeking to move …

Forbes reports: A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a bid from former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows to delay his imminent arrest in Fulton County, Georgia, after Meadows and several other Trump allies-turned-defendants pushed for a federal trial in a broad Georgia election interference case that ensnared former President Donald Trump. Meadows’ attorney, John Moran, had requested an emergency …

From a motion filed this morning by Meadows’ lawyers: District Attorney Fani Willis has made clear that she intends to arrest Mr. Meadows before this Court’s Monday hearing and has rejected out of hand a reasonable request to defer one business day until after this Court’s hearing. Absent this Court’s intervention, Mr. Meadows will be denied the protection from arrest …

Mediaite reports: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis denied a request from former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to delay his arrest, in a terse but polite letter to Meadows attorney John Moran. While a parade of those defendants have begun showing up to surrender for arrest, Meadows and his attorney asked for more time — a request that …

“I don’t think any of us relish witnessing what’s happening with these people that we worked with. I think it’s fair to say that, you know, Mark was a ringleader of much of the events that happened around January 6th. He was somebody who, the president sought to find additional attorneys who gave advice different than the White House counsel, …

The Daily Beast reports: Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has asked a federal court to intervene in moving his deadline to surrender in the Georgia election RICO indictment. Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department official who is one of 18 co-defendants indicted alongside Donald Trump in a racketeering case in Georgia, also asked a judge Tuesday to …

The New York Times reports: Mr. Meadows — Mr. Trump’s final White House chief of staff — initially declined to answer certain questions, sticking to his former boss’s position that they were shielded by executive privilege. But when prosecutors working for the special counsel, Jack Smith, challenged Mr. Trump’s executive privilege claims before a judge, Mr. Meadows pivoted. Even though …