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Commentary: Trump’s Chief of Staff Mark Meadows seems to think he can avoid prosecution. Here’s how

Former White House Chief of Staff during the Trump administration Mark Meadows speaks during a forum titled House Rules and Process Changes for the 118th Congress at FreedowmWorks headquarters on Nov. 14, 2022, in Washington, DC.

Former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows was determinedly bland during his surprise appearance on the witness stand this week, which he took in support of a motion to remove the Georgia racketeering charges against him to federal court. Meadows described the conduct charged in the indictment in anodyne terms as, for example, setting up meetings and coordinating phone calls — including then-President Trump’s notorious Jan. 2, 2021, conversation with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.

But Meadows was forced to depart from that script and his genial manner at

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