Posted on 02/16/2023 6:11:33 AM PST by shadowlands1960
Drew Angerer/Getty Images CNN — Donald Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows has been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating the former president and his role in the January 6, 2021, insurrection, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.
Special counsel Jack Smith’s office is seeking documents and testimony related to January 6, and Meadows received the subpoena sometime in January, the source said. An attorney for Meadows declined to comment.
The Justice Department did not respond to CNN’s request for comment on the subpoena. The move to subpoena one of Trump’s most senior aides – in addition to the recent subpoena of former Vice President Mike Pence, as CNN reported last week – marks the latest significant step in the special counsel’s investigation into Trump’s role in seeking to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election.
Smith also is simultaneously investigating Trump’s handling of classified documents after leaving office. While the subpoena is related to January 6, Meadows also may be of interest in the documents investigation. He was one of Trump’s designees to the National Archives and played a role in discussions around returning government records in his possession.
The special counsel’s subpoena could set up a clash with the Justice Department and Meadows over executive privilege. The former White House chief of staff, citing executive privilege, previously fought a subpoena from a special grand jury in Georgia that was investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. A judge later ordered Meadows to testify, finding him “material and necessary to the investigation.”
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True. I expect indictments against Trump before the first primaries.
Is the special counsel going to be subpoenaing Ray Epps WAKE ME when that happens!!
Trump won in 2016 because Hillary was on the ballot and running as an outsider he was able to build an amazingly broad coalition. Neither of those two things will ever happen again regardless of Democrat cheating.
Thank you, I thought the same thing, the committee was disbanded.
Not the Special Counsel.
Yes, but the most corrupt Hairsniffer in Chief has had a Grand Inquisitor appointed, who will continue the persecution indefinitely.
This is an elaborate conspiracy to prevent Trump from running again. Do they doubt they can manipulate the process to pull off another monumental theft like they did in 2020?
It’s the Special Counsel who took over when they closed down the J6 Committee when they lost. The SC is essentially the continuation of the J6 Committee.
Also, the blatant mistreatment of those detained on account of an alleged role in J6.
“This is a special counsel, aka, special prosecutor, which doesn’t stop if a committee is disbanded or if the House changes hands.”
Right. Special counsel Jack Smith in DoJ.
https://www.justice.gov/sco-smith
If it helps put away the Antifa disrupters I say go get ‘em Mark!
my thoughts exactly.
CNN loves to use the term “insurrection” because that is the word used in Section 3 of the 14th Amendment - to disqualify an insurrectionist from holding office.
Special counsel Jack Smith is accurately represented as John Smith in the TV show “Man in the High Castle”
Obergruppenführer Smith would a more accurate title for a man of Jack Smith’s “character”.
He’s already spoken to the committee— this is perpetuating the MEME of the “riot” of J6 by a crazy “special counsel” who is worth absolutely nothing except media coverage to perpetuate. No “there” there for real. Did Not happen. When will this hotshot “counsel” call Nancy Pelosi as to HER actions which ACTUATED and Hired the rioters from AntiFA and connected them to Fibbies who ran them against peaceful protests and fabricated this entire.... operation?
Nope. Trump's coalition in 2020 was even "broader". 12 million more people.
Sweet suffrin Jesus! If they had anything that would stick to these politicians they would have long ago passed down sentences. This is ridiculous at the least and really is just more deflection of the liberal left to keep making noise while other real criminal affronts to American society are being pushed...ie illegal immigration at the unsecured southern border, drugs, BLM, Antifa, Wokism, inner city crime, welfare enabling the homeless to stay high and fed for free while taxing me to pay for it. ugh...
According to what people were saying when this so called special consul was appointed then Jack Smith is another bad guy with a corrupt past. Congress should investigate him right here and now.
Freepers:
Two different animals
House Jan 6 committee is indeed closed
DOJ special counsel investigating same matter is still active
That’s who’s issued to Meadows
Clever little trick, eh?
The Democrat J6 investigation disbands after their report and a Democrat Special Counsel picks up where they left off even though the House has gone Republican.
Pay attention, everyone.
Too bad Dumb Lemming didn't have the stones to facepunch that little Commie tart.
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