“I don’t know that I did anything that was outside my scope as chief of staff,” Meadows testified. Over the course of his testimony, Meadows repeatedly emphasized that he was acting squarely in his role as the president’s top aide in each one of the eight incidents – called overt acts – outlined in the indictment. His justifications ranged from being a gatekeeper to Trump’s schedule to making sure the president was informed of developments of interest There was a federal interest, he said, in the fair and accurate administration of state elections. Under cross-examination Cross pressed Meadows on whether...