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d out his threat not to sign the bill, he would bring on what they most feared: a shutdown. And he might well blame the shutdown on his own party. Mark Meadows, the head of the House Freedom Caucus and a staunch Trump ally in Congress, called the president from Europe to say that after the vote on Thursday

ght-wing adversary Mark Meadows, along with Bannon, had gotten behind a plan to push House majority leader Kevin McCarthy for chief of staff. Even Meadows, who hated McCarthy, was all for it. Here finally was a strat- egy: McCarthy, a top tactician, would refocus an unfocused White House on one mission

rategy prosecutors were about to dish The true edge provided by a high-profile litigator was perhaps not col room skill but backroom intelligence. Lowell, adding to the reports Dowd had received, told Kushner i prosecutors were about to substantially deepen the president's—and Trump family's—jeopardy

n the story. Meadows Cooperates With January 6 House Panel After Talk of Contempt Vote The Associated Press (11/30, Jalonick, Tucker) reported that Mark Meadows, Donald Trump's former chief of staff, is cooperating with a House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, putting off the panel's thre

s chairman said Tuesday. The panel "will continue to assess his degree of compliance," Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson said in a statement. He said Meadows has produced records and will soon appear for an initial deposition. According to Reuters (11/30, Zengerle), Thompson did not rule out future actio

cellphones so the caravan could communicate. Trump Called Aides Hours Before Capitol Riot to Discuss How to Stop Biden Victory The Guardian (11/30, Lowell) reported that hours before the deadly attack on the US Capitol this year, Donald Trump made several calls from the White House to top lieutenants a

ion. The article explained that Perry had also been in communication with figures like Jeffrey Clark, an assistant attorney general at the time, and Mark Meadows, the then White House chief of staff, discussing topics such as Clark's potential elevation within the department. The article noted that in Decembe

ark "would do something about this." Reuters (09/13, Lynch), Washington Post (09/13, Hsu), New York Post (09/13, Christenson), The Guardian (09/13, Lowell), and The Hill (09/13, Beitsch) also reported on the story. -frump, January 6 and a Conspiracy to Overturn the 2020 Election: The Federal Investigat

added that the recording captured his conversation in July 2021 with a publisher and writer working on a memoir by Mr. Trump's final chief of staff, Mark Meadows. In it, Mr. Trump discussed what he described as a "secret" plan regarding Iran drawn up by Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs o

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