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By Gotcha Media | PoliticalWeasels.com | June 8, 2023
In the latest chapter of legal dramas unfolding around the former administration, Mark Meadows, Trump's former Chief of Staff, is slated to plead guilty. The guilty plea is part of a calculated move to cooperate with the ongoing investigation into the former President, according to insider sources. This move by Meadows closely parallels the ongoing legal situation of the discredited Attorney General of Texas, Ken Paxton, who is presently confronting a Senate trial on comparable accusations of misusing his position and engaging in unethical activities.
What's Behind Mark Meadows Guilty Plea
It's linked to his testimony to a grand jury about the mishandling of classified documents and the events of January 6. Meadows has already received limited immunity in exchange for his testimony, and the plot continues to thicken ​​1 ​​2​.
As a vital witness, Meadows' testimony could potentially illuminate Trump's actions and mindset in the wake of the 2020 election he lost to Joe Biden, and his subsequent behavior after leaving office. Crucially, Meadows was subpoenaed to provide documents after a judge rejected Trump’s claims of executive privilege, further intensifying the scrutiny on the former president's actions 2​.
Moreover, the special counsel's focus is on a peculiar meeting related to Meadows. At this meeting, Trump reportedly acknowledged holding onto a classified Pentagon document concerning a possible attack on Iran. Although Meadows didn't attend, the event was recorded and is part of the investigation​ 2​.
Intriguingly, Trump's legal team appears to be in the dark concerning Meadows' actions in the investigation. The former Chief of Staff's silence has agitated other lawyers representing defendants aligned with Trump. Notably, Trump's Save America political action committee paid $900,000 to the firm representing Meadows, McGuireWoods, at the end of the previous year ​2​.
Meadows' testimonies and records have been sought after in multiple investigations related to January 6 and the 2020 election. Yet he has stopped short of providing answers to the House select committee and a criminal investigation in Fulton County, Georgia. Meadows cited his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination, perhaps indicating he required assurance from federal prosecutors that he wouldn't face criminal charges if they sought his substantial testimony 2​.
The government has been presenting evidence in the ongoing probes for several months to grand juries in Washington, DC, and Miami. CNN reports that Secret Service agents assigned to protect the former president have been called to testify in the classified documents probe. It appears that every member of his detail – more than 20 agents – have testified​ 2​.
Despite all this, Trump and his allies, who leaned on Meadows to launch a lawsuit to try to overturn the 2020 presidential election, are standing firm. They are taking a page out of the playbook of those who supported Paxton, underscoring the divisive and contentious nature of these investigations.
In line with Paxton's situation, it appears that the proof incriminating Trump and his team could be "tenfold more severe" than what has been made public to this point. The question remains: will Meadows' testimony bring further evidence to light, or will it merely deepen the quagmire of controversies surrounding the former administration? Only time will tell.