Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows was ordered to testify before an Atlanta-area grand jury in a wide-ranging investigation of election interference.
Lawyers for the former White House official also said Meadows was shielded from providing testimony in the case because his communications with the former president were privileged.
"Specifically, Mr. Meadows has been instructed by the former president to preserve certain privileges and immunities attaching to his former office as White House chief of staff," attorneys argued in court documents. Meadows is among a number of high-profile Trump aides who have attempted to resist appearing before the Georgia grand jury., R-S.C., a staunch ally of the former president, while the Supreme Court considers his appeal.
In the original summons for Meadows issued in August, the Fulton County district attorney cast the former White House official as a"material witness" to possible election fraud, citing his involvement in arranging Trump's Jan. 2, 2021 call to Raffensperger. "The witness possesses unique knowledge concerning relevant communications between the witness, former President Donald Trump, the Trump Campaign and other known and unknown individuals in the multi-state coordinated efforts to influence the results of the November 2020 election in Georgia and elsewhere," prosecutors said in court documents.The House voted in favor to hold former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in contempt for defying a subpoena from the Jan. 6 attack.
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