Donald Trump’s former White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, secured an immunity deal with special counsel Jack Smith's team to testify under oath about efforts by the former president to overturn the 2020 election results, ABC News reported this week. At least three times this year, Meadows reportedly testified before a federal grand jury after he was granted immunity – which compels witnesses to testify with the assurance that their statements or the information stemming from their statements won't be used against them. "His cooperation," legal experts tell Salon "is a very big deal.”
Meadows informed Smith's team that he repeatedly told Trump in the weeks following the 2020 presidential election that the claims of substantial voter fraud lacked merit, marking a notable departure from Trump's extensive rhetoric on the election, sources told ABC. The former White House chief of staff also informed federal investigators that Trump was being "dishonest" with the public when he declared victory on election night hours after polls closed, according to sources.
