Trump WH aide: Meadows burned docs in transition period

The Beat with Ari Melber

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🗓️ 29 December 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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MSNBC's Katie Phang hosts "The Beat" on Wednesday, December 28 and reports on stunning new Jan. 6 witness testimony. Cassidy Hutchinson telling the committee she saw Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows burning documents in the transition period. Plus, Rep. Kweisi Mfume joins on the "Identifying Mass Shooters Act."

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0:00.0	Welcome to the beat.
0:01.1	I am Katie Fang in for R.I. Melbur.
0:03.6	We start with the January 6th committee
0:05.3	releasing more new witness transcripts,
0:08.7	revealing stunning new details
0:10.2	from inside the Trump White House.
0:12.5	More from the Star Witness, White House aid
0:14.8	Cassidy Hutchinson, who told the committee
0:17.1	her then boss White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows,
0:20.3	would burn documents.
0:22.3	Liz Cheney asking Hutchinson,
0:24.4	did you ever see Mr. Meadows burn documents
0:27.0	in his fireplace?
0:28.5	Hutchinson replying quote,
0:30.2	yes, maybe a dozen times.
0:33.4	Emphasizing quote, he, as in Mark Meadows,
0:36.3	would put more logs on the fireplace
0:39.1	to keep it burning throughout the day.
0:41.8	And that between two and four times,
0:44.6	he had had Mr. Perry in his office,
0:47.4	right before discussing the vice president's role
0:50.5	on January 6th.
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