BREAKING: Mark Meadows has testified against Donald Trump to the grand jury – and here comes Jack Smith
Mark Meadows has already testified against Donald Trump to Jack Smith’s 1/6 grand jury, per the NYT. It didn’t happen today, it happened at some unknown point in the past. This means Trump’s 1/6 indictment process could be complete, along with the Trump docs indictment.
This does not tell us if Meadows has “flipped” on Trump. Meadows was already under court order to testify about every Trump crime that Meadows witnessed but did not participate in. If Meadows has flipped, he would also testify about Trump crimes he participated in.
But it does tell us that Meadows wasn’t stupid enough to get immediately hauled off for contempt of court, which is what would have happened if Meadows had refused to testify at all.
It also shatters the myth that the media can spot every witness entering or exiting the courthouse. Meadows testified without the media spotting him. It’s only coming out now because someone is talking.
This also raises the question of who’s giving this information to the media now, and why. But at this late date everything seems to be coming out, doesn’t it?
At this point the biggest question is whether multiple indictments will come at Trump all at once this week. We’ll see.
Bill Palmer is the publisher of the political news outlet Palmer Report