Mark Meadows, the former White House Chief of Staff during Donald Trump’s presidency, has had multiple discussions with special counsel Jack Smith’s team this year, including appearing before a federal grand jury.

This appearance before the grand jury was made possible after Smith granted Meadows immunity to provide testimony under oath, according to sources familiar with the situation.

These sources revealed that Meadows informed Smith’s team that, in the weeks following the 2020 presidential election, he repeatedly conveyed to Trump that the allegations of substantial voting fraud he received were without merit.

This position sharply contrasts with Trump’s extensive public statements about election fraud, ABC News reported.

Moreover, according to these sources, Meadows also disclosed to federal investigators that Trump had been “dishonest” with the public when he initially claimed victory in the election just hours after the polls closed on

November 3, 2020, before the final results were confirmed. In hindsight, Meadows reportedly told Smith’s team, “Obviously we didn’t win.”

Donald Trump, who has referred to Mark Meadows as a “special friend” and “a great chief of staff – as good as it gets,” has received insight into the evidence accumulated by Smith’s team in their efforts to prosecute Trump for alleged attempts to unlawfully retain power and disseminate false information about the 2020 election.

These descriptions also shed light on the extent to which Trump loyalists like Meadows have gone to support and defend the former president.

Sources have informed ABC News that Smith’s investigators expressed a keen interest in questioning Meadows about election-related discussions he had with Trump during the last months of Trump’s presidency.

Additionally, they sought to determine whether Meadows genuinely believed some of the claims he included in a book published after Trump left office, a book that aimed to “set the record straight” about Trump’s presidency.

Written by staff