Mark Meadows Burned Documents After Meeting With Scott Perry, According to Jan. 6 House Committee

Mark Meadows has reportedly burned documents in his White House office fireplace after meeting with Scott Perry, a Republican lawmaker who was trying to overturn the 2020 election.

Meadows was a former chief of staff of former U.S. President Donald Trump. The Jan. 6 House committee learned about the incident on Wednesday, according to a Daily Mail report.

The meeting between Meadows and Perry took place in the immediate weeks after the presidential race in November 2020.

Jan. 6 House Committee questioned Meadow's aide at the time, Cassidy Hutchinson, for more than 90 minutes about the act of burning the documents.

Hutchinson noted that she personally saw Meadows light the pages on fire after the meeting with Perry, per Daily Mail. The report did not detail what those documents were or if any were classified.

Perry is a retired Brigadier General who chairs the House Freedom Caucus and was subpoenaed along with four sitting members of Congress this month.

Perry and Rep. Andy Biggs were supposed to sit for depositions on Thursday. However, they both formally objected to the matter.

Mark Meadows Burning Documents

Scott Perry's district covers the area around Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He is also the most pro-Trump voting back in the chamber.

Business Insider reported that the House committee subpoenaed Perry and asked him to testify over his alleged efforts to install a Trump loyalist as attorney general.

Perry had also objected to the subpoena.

The House committee probing the January 6 Capitol riot has acquired a total of 2,319 text messages from Meadows before and after the insurrection.

Some of the witnesses have spoken to the bipartisan select panel and said that "Meadows used his fireplace to burn documents."

MSNBC also noted that the Trump had a habit of tearing up official records into pieces the size of confetti even after his attorneys told him to stop doing it.

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The Jan. 6 House Committee has heard testimony indicating that Trump had expressed support for hanging his former vice president Mike Pence, according to three people familiar with the matter.

Meadows was in the dining room off the Oval Office with Trump at one point during last year's Capitol attack.

Meadows then left the dining room and informed other people nearby that Trump had signaled a positive view of the possibility of hanging the vice president, as reported by Politico.

However, Politico could not independently verify the accuracy of the claim regarding Meadow's comments.

Trump spokesperson Taylor Budowich slammed the committee when reached for a comment, saying that the committee's vague "leaks," anonymous testimony, and willingness to alter evidence prove it is just an extension of the Democrat smear campaign.

Meanwhile, a member of Meadows' legal team said that the account is "totally incorrect regarding Meadows."

On the other hand, an aide to Pence did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The House committee held Meadows in contempt of Congress in December and referred to him to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution.

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Written by: Mary Webber

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