Mark Meadows Granted Immunity by Special Counsel
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Mark Meadows, former chief of staff for then-President Donald Trump, has reportedly reached an immunity deal with the Department of Justice in the 2020 election interference case against the former president.
The Details: Meadows has reportedly told investigators that he hasn't seen any evidence of voter fraud that would have kept President Biden out of the White House. George Terwilliger, Meadows' attorney, has said reports that his client would enter a guilty plea are false. Terwilliger did not address the matter of immunity. Meadows is scheduled to testify before a federal grand jury this year in the case related to the 2020 election.
Key Quote: "President Trump will not be deterred by Crooked Joe Biden's election interference and will continue to focus on winning back the White House and Making America Great Again," a statement from the Trump presidential campaign read in response to the report of the immunity deal with Meadows.
For Context: In December 2021, the House's January 6 Committee unanimously voted to Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress after seeing texts from Fox News employees and Donald Trump, Jr. pleading with Meadows to ask Trump to call off rioters.
How the Media Covered it: Sources across the spectrum noted that Meadows, in a book published after Trump left the Oval Office, wrote that Trump was the true winner of the 2020 election.
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Meadow's attorney issued a statement about the ABC News report.
George Terwilliger told The Independent that any idea his client would enter a guilty plea was “complete bulls***" but did not address the matter of immunity.
He also gave a brief statement to Catherine Herridge of CBS News.
“I told ABC that their story was largely inaccurate. People will have to judge for themselves the decision to run it anyway," the statement read.
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Mark Meadows, the former chief of staff under former President Donald Trump, was reportedly granted immunity and told...
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