Meadows Struggles to Distance Himself from Trump

Meadows Struggles to Distance Himself from Trump

Washington Post: “Meadows repeatedly argued that he was merely doing his duty as a very involved chief of staff who needed to be abreast of what the president was doing. While he participated in many key events, he often played down his proximity to the effort to overturn the election.” “He said he somehow didn’t know that Trump was contesting the election results in Michigan when key Republican state lawmakers were invited to the Oval Office — …

Analysis: Mark Meadows struggles to distance himself from Trump's plot

Meadows opted to take the stand in Georgia with a bold and perhaps questionable argument: that he was simply playing White House traffic cop.

Analysis | Mark Meadows struggles to distance himself from Trump’s plot

Meadows’s attempts to separate himself from efforts to overturn the election offer a preview of the difficult balancing act that other defendants will face.