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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The Backstab Party can’t protect its people even when they’re in power - unlike The “By Any Means Necessary” Party.
And if Trump wins in 2024, who will work for him?
How I hate our ruling class.
The entire DOJ has been Fundamentally Transformed into the American Stasi and MUST be COMPLETELY Disbanded and Replaced.
Either we take this Lawfare Organized Political Crime down or we all end up destroyed by them.
It’s not the News Media any more its now the Gobbles Propaganda Media.
Actual Free Press News Media is GONE.
3. They don’t call CNN the “Communist News Network” for nothing. It has been well earned.
The racist Democrats are still trying to go after Justice Thomas over Mark Meadows’ texts with Jinny Thomas.
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