According to an MSNBC political analyst, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has been the source of a great deal of the legal problems Donald Trump is now facing — many of which could lead to indictments and possible jail time.
While Trump is responsible for his misdeeds, Meadows has inadvertently provided a wealth of information that investigators subsequently followed which has led to a multitude of Trump legal woes that are far from being resolved.
As MSNBC's Hayes Brown wrote, a recording made by Meadows' aide has become a key piece of evidence against the former president that could be used to indict him under the Espionage Act, and that is just the latest in a collection of blunders committed by the "overzealous" Meadows.
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"This isn’t the first time a Meadows-linked evidence trail has created headaches for Trump. Even before moving over to the White House, Meadows was a prolific texter, helping undergird his own narrative as a mover and shaker. In a 2017 profile with Vox, he showed off just how many calls he’d received from the newly installed administration as a sign of how looped in he was," Brown wrote before adding that Meadows' texts became a key factor in the Jan. 6 congressional hearings.
Noting that special counsel Jack Smith is reportedly close to indicting the former president, Brown suggested Trump likely rues the day he hired the former North Carolina lawmaker as his chief aide.
"If indictments are handed down, Meadows will likely have played a key part in helping to build the case against his former boss," he wrote. "And for someone who has risen so far by hitching himself to Trump’s coattails, it may be his own ego that helps bring the former president crashing back down to earth."
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