Frantic Mark Meadows pushed DOJ to investigate election conspiracy claims during Trump's last days: report
3 years, 6 months ago

Frantic Mark Meadows pushed DOJ to investigate election conspiracy claims during Trump's last days: report

Raw Story  

According to a report from the New York Times, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows sent off a series of emails to the Justice Department during the waning days of Donald Trump's administration, imploring the agency to investigate far-fetched claims of election tampering. The Times came into possession of five emails dated during the last weeks of December and early January, where Meadows implored acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen to intercede on the president's behalf as he attempted to cling to power. That included a fantastical theory that people in Italy had used military technology and satellites to remotely tamper with voting machines in the United States and switch votes for Mr. Trump to votes for Joseph R. Biden Jr." The report notes that Rosen rebuffed Meadows' entreaties while noting, that Rosen, ". As Benner explained, "the communications between Mr. Meadows and Mr. Rosen, which have not previously been reported, show the increasingly urgent efforts by Mr. Trump and his allies during his last days in office to find some way to undermine, or even nullify, the election results while he still had control of the government."

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Fox News host peddles wild conspiracy about Trump shooting attempt and Diddy’s arrest
3 months ago

Fox News host peddles wild conspiracy about Trump shooting attempt and Diddy’s arrest

The Independent  

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Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows fails in bid to get election interference case moved
3 months, 1 week ago

Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows fails in bid to get election interference case moved

The Independent  

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Mark Meadows stuck in fight for White House documents he claims prove innocence: report
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Mark Meadows stuck in fight for White House documents he claims prove innocence: report

Raw Story  

While the world is glued to the ongoing court battles Donald Trump faces, his former chief of staff is in his own legal clash with the National Archives and Justice Department. Politico legal reporter Kyle Cheney reported that Mark Meadows is at work trying to access documents from his time in the White House that he says will prove his …

Mark Meadows presents threat to 'high-level officials' who aided Trump's insurrection
1 year, 1 month ago

Mark Meadows presents threat to 'high-level officials' who aided Trump's insurrection

Raw Story  

Mark Meadows has reportedly reached an immunity agreement with special counsel Jack Smith in exchange for his testimony. The former White House chief of staff has, according to reports, spoken to Smith's team at least three times, including once before a federal grand jury that indicted Trump in August on four counts related to his efforts to overturn his 2020 …

“Pointing the finger at his boss”: Experts say Meadows’ surprise testimony may blow back on Trump
1 year, 3 months ago

“Pointing the finger at his boss”: Experts say Meadows’ surprise testimony may blow back on Trump

Salon  

Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows this week unexpectedly testified at an evidentiary hearing in Atlanta, Georgia as he seeks to move his charges in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' probe to federal court. The former White House chief of staff's testimony comes not only as a surprise — given that he has successfully warded off prosecution …

Legal analyst cites Mark Meadows' most 'telling' comment during court hearing
1 year, 3 months ago

Legal analyst cites Mark Meadows' most 'telling' comment during court hearing

Raw Story  

Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows appeared in federal court on Monday to make the case he was acting in his capacity as a federal employee when he worked with Donald Trump to overthrow the 2020 election. Among the most "telling" pieces of the trial came toward the end of Monday's proceedings, said Just Security editor-in-chief Ryan Goodman. …

Mark Meadows throws a hitch in Trump's "declassifying" documents narrative
1 year, 4 months ago

Mark Meadows throws a hitch in Trump's "declassifying" documents narrative

Salon  

In a direct move against Donald Trump's main narrative in the Mar-a-Lago case — in which he claims to have been in rightful possession of sensitive government materials because he declassified them himself — former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows told special counsel Jack Smith's investigators that he can't recall an instance where that ever actually took place. …

Mark Meadows' election fraud text with his lawyer son scrutinized by the DOJ: report
1 year, 5 months ago

Mark Meadows' election fraud text with his lawyer son scrutinized by the DOJ: report

Raw Story  

A text message about the possibility of 2020 presidential election fraud between former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and his lawyer son has become a key piece in the Department of Justice's investigation into the January 6 insurrection. According to a report from the Washington Post, Meadows' son, attorney Blake Meadows, was in Georgia in 2020 investigating reports …

Trump lawyers ask DOJ not to indict during meeting: report
1 year, 6 months ago

Trump lawyers ask DOJ not to indict during meeting: report

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's attorneys met with the Department of Justice to argue against a possible indictment. The meeting Monday suggested that special counsel Jack Smith had nearly completed his investigation into Trump's mishandling of classified documents, although sources familiar with the probe say the special counsel has broadened his investigation of possible White House involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection, reported …

Republican urged Trump to probe Italian satellite conspiracy theory — and misspelled prime minister's name
2 years ago

Republican urged Trump to probe Italian satellite conspiracy theory — and misspelled prime minister's name

Raw Story  

On Monday, Talking Points Memo reported that Rep. Scott Perry, one of the most prominent election conspiracy theorists in Congress trying to overturn the 2020 results and keep former President Donald Trump in office, urged the administration to investigate "Italygate" — a bizarre conspiracy theory that Italian satellites were used to flip U.S. votes from Trump to Joe Biden. "Perry, …

Mark Meadows asks for another delay before he's forced to testify to Jan. 6 committee
2 years, 1 month ago

Mark Meadows asks for another delay before he's forced to testify to Jan. 6 committee

Raw Story  

The House select committee has informed Mark Meadows they intend to enforce its subpoena for his testimony, but his attorneys are still trying to run out the clock. "Verizon Wireless further informed me that the Select Committee was seeking their immediate compliance with the subpoena issued on November 22, 2021 for Mr. Meadows’s personal call and text records. Verizon Wireless …

Leaked texts show Mark Meadows was in direct contact with operative who plotted to seize voting machines
2 years, 2 months ago

Leaked texts show Mark Meadows was in direct contact with operative who plotted to seize voting machines

Raw Story  

Text messages obtained by CNN show that former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in late 2020 was in direct contact with a pro-Trump operative who was plotting to seize voting machines from key swing states. Specifically, the texts show that Meadows was receiving texts from Phil Waldron, a conspiracy theorist who was a top advocate for having Trump …

AP source: Meadows complies with Justice Dept. subpoena
2 years, 3 months ago

AP source: Meadows complies with Justice Dept. subpoena

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Mark Meadows, the White House chief of staff under former President Donald Trump, has complied with a Justice Department subpoena and turned over records as part of a federal investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the Capitol and efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, a person familiar the matter said Thursday. The records produced by …

DOJ directly probing Trump's actions in plot to overturn 2020 election in criminal investigation: report
2 years, 4 months ago

DOJ directly probing Trump's actions in plot to overturn 2020 election in criminal investigation: report

Raw Story  

On Tuesday, The Washington Postreported that the Justice Department is now focusing in on the actions of former President Donald Trump in the plot to throw out the results of the 2020 presidential election. "Prosecutors who are questioning witnesses before a grand jury — including two top aides to Vice President Mike Pence — have asked in recent days about …

Jan. 6 panel to detail Trump’s 187 minutes of delay as insurrection grew
2 years, 5 months ago

Jan. 6 panel to detail Trump’s 187 minutes of delay as insurrection grew

Raw Story  

The U.S. House committee investigating the Jan.6 attack and Donald Trump’s role in it will focus in a Thursday evening hearing on the former president’s refusal for more than three hours to call off the rioters storming the U.S. Capitol, committee aides said Wednesday. The hearing will examine Trump’s actions in the 187 minutes between the end of his speech …

Meet Garrett Ziegler: Today's top J6 witness was a key participant in Trump's election fraud scheme
2 years, 5 months ago

Meet Garrett Ziegler: Today's top J6 witness was a key participant in Trump's election fraud scheme

Raw Story  

Garrett Ziegler, a former aide to Trade Advisor Peter Navarro who acted as a key conduit between the Trump White House and the sprawling network of lawyers and conspiracy mongers promoting dubious election fraud theories in the final months of 2020, is expected to speak to the January 6th Committee on Tuesday morning. Such a joke, but don’t worry — …

Former Mark Meadows White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson is the surprise witness: report
2 years, 5 months ago

Former Mark Meadows White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson is the surprise witness: report

Raw Story  

After a day of speculation, it was revealed that former White House aide to Mark Meadows, Cassidy Hutchinson, will be the surprise testimony on Tuesday. "The Washington Post reported late last month that Hutchinson had told the committee that Meadows remarked to others that Trump indicated support for hanging his vice president after rioters who stormed the Capitol on that …

Jan 6 hearings: Trump-linked lawyer compares FBI to Stasi, as ex-president’s call to Putin revealed
2 years, 5 months ago

Jan 6 hearings: Trump-linked lawyer compares FBI to Stasi, as ex-president’s call to Putin revealed

The Independent  

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Top aide ‘consolidated power’ and excluded Mike Pence from meetings as Trump pushed his ‘big lie’: report
2 years, 6 months ago

Top aide ‘consolidated power’ and excluded Mike Pence from meetings as Trump pushed his ‘big lie’: report

Raw Story  

On Tuesday, writing for The New Yorker as an excerpt for her upcoming book with Peter Baker, Susan Glasser detailed how former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows gradually tried to push then-Vice President Mike Pence out of White House meetings as he assumed control of former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. "Over the …

Three key texts show Mark Meadows knowingly participated in Trump's conspiracy to steal the election: columnist
2 years, 7 months ago

Three key texts show Mark Meadows knowingly participated in Trump's conspiracy to steal the election: columnist

Raw Story  

Newly revealed text messages show Mark Meadows stood by at least three times as Donald Trump spread what he knew to be lies about the 2020 election. "We’ve known for a long time, based on audits, investigations, and court reviews, that Donald Trump’s allegations about massive fraud in the 2020 presidential election are false," Saletan wrote. IN OTHER NEWS: Morning …

Official: Meadows had been warned of possible 1/6 violence
2 years, 8 months ago

Official: Meadows had been warned of possible 1/6 violence

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A former White House official told the House committee investigating the Capitol riot that President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, had been advised of intelligence reports showing the potential for violence, according to just-released transcripts. It says the committee has refined the scope of its request to focus on seven specific topics, including testimony about communication …

Mark Meadows knew the plot with an alternate slate of electors was illegal — but did it anyway: Court filing
2 years, 8 months ago

Mark Meadows knew the plot with an alternate slate of electors was illegal — but did it anyway: Court filing

Raw Story  

The Guardian's justice reporter, Hugo Lowell, tweeted Friday evening that a new court filing could prove the White House's intent in the campaign to create an alternative slate of electors. The House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol obtained the testimony that former President Donald Trump's chief of staff was told by the White House …

Ex-White House official close to Meadows says he was warned January 6 could turn violent
2 years, 8 months ago

Ex-White House official close to Meadows says he was warned January 6 could turn violent

CNN  

CNN — A former Trump White House official close to then-chief of staff Mark Meadows told the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol that the West Wing had been warned the day could turn violent, according to a new court filing. The House also cited startling exchanges between Meadows and the President’s son …

Former Trump aide appears before US House probe of January 6 riot
2 years, 8 months ago

Former Trump aide appears before US House probe of January 6 riot

Al Jazeera  

Stephen Miller, who served as a top aide to former US President Donald Trump, appeared virtually on Thursday before a congressional committee investigating the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the United States Capitol, according to news reports. Miller’s testimony comes after the former president’s daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, spoke with House investigators who are nearing completion …

BUSTED: Trump Jr texted Meadows that overturning the 2020 election would be ‘very simple’
2 years, 8 months ago

BUSTED: Trump Jr texted Meadows that overturning the 2020 election would be ‘very simple’

Raw Story  

The House Select Committee Investigating the Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol has obtained text messages from Donald Trump, Jr. to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows laying out a plan for his father to stay in office despite losing the 2020 election. "Two days after the 2020 presidential election, as votes were still being tallied, Donald Trump’s …

January 6 Committee obtains text messages between Clarence Thomas' wife and Mark Meadows: report
2 years, 8 months ago

January 6 Committee obtains text messages between Clarence Thomas' wife and Mark Meadows: report

Raw Story  

On Thursday, CNN reported that the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attacks on the U.S. Capitol have obtained text messages between former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, and Ginni Thomas, the outspoken far-right activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. "The revelation of text messages between Thomas and Meadows, both key allies of former …

Trump may have engaged in ‘criminal conspiracy’: US Capitol panel
2 years, 9 months ago

Trump may have engaged in ‘criminal conspiracy’: US Capitol panel

Al Jazeera  

Court filings by the panel investigating the January 6 riot mark the most formal effort yet to link Donald Trump to a federal crime. A congressional committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the United States Capitol has said it has evidence to suggest former US President Donald Trump may have engaged in criminal conduct in his bid to …

Meadows’ ‘Protect Pro Trump People’ Email May Explain Military Reluctance To Deploy Troops
3 years ago

Meadows’ ‘Protect Pro Trump People’ Email May Explain Military Reluctance To Deploy Troops

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― An email authored by Donald Trump’s chief of staff in the run-up to the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol may help explain military leaders’ reluctance to deploy troops that day: Doing so could have forced troops to choose between following the orders of their direct commanders or obeying the commander in chief of …

Mark Meadows led 'malicious and depraved' coverup as Trump rioters sacked the Capitol: columnist
3 years ago

Mark Meadows led 'malicious and depraved' coverup as Trump rioters sacked the Capitol: columnist

Raw Story  

The House select committee issued a report Sunday night recommending contempt charges for Mark Meadows that revealed a blueprint for a coup and the coverup to follow. Donald Trump's allies -- including Meadows, his White House chief of staff -- were frantically covering up the former president's reaction to the Jan. 6 insurrection as the mob was attacking police and …

Mark Meadows conspired with a lawmaker to send bogus Trump electors to Congress
3 years ago

Mark Meadows conspired with a lawmaker to send bogus Trump electors to Congress

Raw Story  

A newly released report shows Mark Meadows was deeply involved in unconstitutional efforts to keep Donald Trump in power. The House select committee issued a contempt report Sunday night alleging that Meadows, then White House chief of staff, sent emails and text messages in November 2020 discussing plans to send "alternate electors" to Congress, and he responded "I love it" …

The list of people who called or texted Mark Meadows about Trump and Jan 6
3 years ago

The list of people who called or texted Mark Meadows about Trump and Jan 6

Raw Story  

The new 52-page report from the House Select Committee on the U.S. Capitol attack on Jan. 6 details a list of people who called chief of staff Mark Meadows begging then-President Donald Trump to stop the attack. The committee report says that Meadows got text messages from a "media personality," who told Meadows to tell Trump he had to issue …

Mark Meadows met multiple times at White House with retired military officer tied to insurrection PowerPoint: report
3 years ago

Mark Meadows met multiple times at White House with retired military officer tied to insurrection PowerPoint: report

Raw Story  

According to a report from the Washington Post, a retired military officer who was a strong proponent of overturning the 2020 presidential election, was welcomed at the White House and spoke with Donald Trump's chief of staff "maybe eight to 10 times" before the January 6th riot at the Capitol. The report states that retired Colonel Phil Waldron -- 'who …

Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows refuses to cooperate with Capitol Riot investigation, now faces contempt charges
3 years ago

Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows refuses to cooperate with Capitol Riot investigation, now faces contempt charges

ABC  

Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows is suing the House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol insurrection, while the committee's chairman has pledged to move forward with contempt charges against Mr Meadows. Key points: Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has filed a complaint after subpoenas issued for his mobile phone records The committee investigating …

Ex-Trump chief of staff sues panel investigating US Capitol riot
3 years ago

Ex-Trump chief of staff sues panel investigating US Capitol riot

Al Jazeera  

Congressional panel says it will move to hold Mark Meadows in criminal contempt for refusing to comply with probe. The former chief of staff to US President Donald Trump has sued a congressional panel investigating the deadly January riot at the Capitol building in Washington, DC, as well as Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Mark Meadows filed the lawsuit on …

Meadows text messages reveal he secretly chatted with GOP members about an election overthrow plot
3 years ago

Meadows text messages reveal he secretly chatted with GOP members about an election overthrow plot

Raw Story  

Mark Meadows shared some of the contacts he had in or around Jan. 6 involving the White House's attempts to stop the certification of the 2020 election, according to a letter from the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol and what led to it. The member confessed that the idea would be a "highly …

Former Trump aide Meadows halts cooperation with January 6 probe
3 years ago

Former Trump aide Meadows halts cooperation with January 6 probe

Al Jazeera  

Mark Meadows’s lawyer says it would be ‘untenable’ for his client to cooperate with congressional investigation. Donald Trump’s former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, has abruptly ended his cooperation with the congressional committee investigating the January 6 assault on the United States Capitol by supporters of the former president, his lawyer said. He said the congressional panel probing the Capitol …

Mark Meadows, Trump's former chief of staff, suddenly backs out of cooperating with Jan. 6 probe
3 years ago

Mark Meadows, Trump's former chief of staff, suddenly backs out of cooperating with Jan. 6 probe

Salon  

Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows will no longer comply with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, his lawyer told Fox News on Tuesday, despite having previously agreed to cooperate. Meadows, a top ally to former president Donald Trump, and his attorney George Terwilliger, plan to notify the special committee on Tuesday morning that they …

House Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Trump advisers, associates
3 years, 3 months ago

House Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Trump advisers, associates

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has issued its first subpoenas, demanding records and testimony from four of former President Donald Trump’s close advisers and associates who were in contact with him before and during the attack. In a significant escalation for the panel, Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., announced the subpoenas …

Trump's final days: Just how much pressure did DOJ face to investigate fake voter fraud claims?
3 years, 4 months ago

Trump's final days: Just how much pressure did DOJ face to investigate fake voter fraud claims?

Salon  

According to a report from the Washington Post, former President Donald Trump engaged in a "personal pressure campaign" during the dying days of his term to try and compel acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen to investigate claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election. Trump allegedly called Rosen nearly every day between the resignation of Attorney General William Barr and …

Trump pressed Justice Department to challenge election: Documents
3 years, 6 months ago

Trump pressed Justice Department to challenge election: Documents

Al Jazeera  

Emails obtained by Congress show Trump and his team urged prosecutors to act on election fraud claims and conspiracy theories. In one email obtained by the committee, dated December 14, 2020 – the day the US Electoral College met across the US to certify Democrat Joe Biden’s victory – “President Trump’s White House assistant sent an email with the subject …

Trump: New emails show how former President and his allies pressured Justice Department to try to challenge 2020 election results
3 years, 6 months ago

Trump: New emails show how former President and his allies pressured Justice Department to try to challenge 2020 election results

CNN  

CNN — New emails from Justice Department and White House officials show how President Donald Trump’s allies pressured then-acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen to consider false and outlandish allegations that the 2020 election had been stolen at the same time that Rosen was being elevated to lead the Justice Department in December 2020. The emails show how Trump’s White House …

Trump Pressed The Justice Department To Reverse The Election Results, Documents Show
3 years, 6 months ago

Trump Pressed The Justice Department To Reverse The Election Results, Documents Show

NPR  

Trump Pressed The Justice Department To Reverse The Election Results, Documents Show Enlarge this image toggle caption Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images A batch of emails released by the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee appears to paint a clearer picture of how former President Donald Trump and his allies attempted to pressure the U.S. Justice Department …

Trump's chief of staff pushed DOJ to investigate 'Italygate' and other 'fantastical' election conspiracy theories: report
3 years, 6 months ago

Trump's chief of staff pushed DOJ to investigate 'Italygate' and other 'fantastical' election conspiracy theories: report

Raw Story  

When former President Donald Trump was pushing the Big Lie and making false claims of widespread voter fraud following the 2020 election, outgoing White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows was more than happy to encourage him. And according to reporting by the New York Times' Katie Benner, Meadows wanted the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate outlandish election conspiracy …

Mark Meadows 'pushed Justice Department to probe bizarre Trump election fraud conspiracy theory'
3 years, 6 months ago

Mark Meadows 'pushed Justice Department to probe bizarre Trump election fraud conspiracy theory'

Daily Mail  

Mark Meadows pushed the Justice Department to investigate claims Donald Trump lost the election after Italians hacked voting machines using satellites. Meadows, who served as chief of staff in the Trump White House, sent five emails in the final weeks of Trump's presidency to then-acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen urging him to investigate the unproven claims, The New York Times …

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