Episode 39 - Is Mark Meadows Going to Weasel Out of This?

It's Complicated

Renato Mariotti

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

This week: Fani Willis indicted Trump and 18 co-conspirators, including Mark Meadows. Meadows is trying to get his case out of Georgia state court and into a federal court. Can his play work? Plus Asha and Renato talk about how they stay grounded and centered.

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0:00.0	M.S.W. Media.
0:10.0	So, Asa. So, Asha, has Mark Meadows legal team found a way to keep him out of prison?
0:15.0	It's complicated.
0:19.0	I'm Asher Rengappa. I teach national security law at Yale University. I'm a former FBI special
0:28.1	agent and a legal contributor for ABC News. And I'm Renata Mariati. I'm a former federal prosecutor, a practicing lawyer,
0:37.0	and a legal analyst. And we're here to help you understand topics that can't be boiled down to a soundbite or a tweak.
0:44.0	Let's give the context here.
0:55.0	Sounds good.
0:56.0	Well, ABC News has some things to say about Mark.
0:59.0	Speaking of ABC News, it has something to say about Mark Meadows.
1:03.0	So let's, we'll get to that.
1:04.4	I just want to kind of lay the groundwork,
1:06.2	which is Mark Meadows,
1:08.9	Trump's former chief of staff,
1:11.0	one of the central players in the whole January 6th conspiracy.
1:17.0	He's right in the center of my self-coo chart.
1:20.0	People are following along.
1:22.0	The name Mark came up many times in Jan the
1:24.4	January 6 hearings. We never heard from the guy but his name was spoken and
1:27.8	mark this and mark that. The star witness, Cassidy Hutchinson, was his aid and so she was really giving us a window into the
1:39.8	role that he played and then disappeared. No one has heard hide nor hair from this man and
1:47.1	there was a lot of speculation on whether he was cooperating with Special Counsel Jack Smith.
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