Thursday, March 28

Ex-Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows probed for alleged voter fraud


  • District Attorney Ashley Welch asked the North Carolina Department of Justice to consider the matter.
  • Public records show that Meadows is registered to vote in two states, including North Carolina.
  • rump won the battleground state by just over 1 percentage point.

MACON COUNTY, NC – The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation has opened a probe into potential voter fraud by former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows after a Republican Western North Carolina district attorney passed the case on to the state.

District Attorney Ashley Welch asked the North Carolina Department of Justice to consider the matter after she was contacted by media outlets about the Macon County voter registration of Meadows, a former top staffer for President Donald Trump and western NC congressman.

Meadows, who was a key proponent of the court-rejected claims that widespread voter fraud cost Trump the election, registered and voted using the address of a single-wide Macon County mobile home where owners and neighbors say he never lived or visited.

Attorney General Josh Stein’s office said March 17 he had asked the SBI to look into Meadows’ voter registration after Welch’s request, according to DOJ spokesperson Nazneen Ahmed.

“Local district attorney Ashley Welch has referred this matter to the Department of Justice’s Special Prosecutions Section, and we have agreed to her request. We have asked the SBI to investigate and at the conclusion of the investigation, we’ll review their findings,” Ahmed said.

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In a March 14 letter, Welch said that she would recuse herself from the matter. She noted that Meadows, a former congressman from the area, contributed to her campaign for DA and appeared in political ads endorsing her.

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She also said she had no knowledge of the case until it was reported in the media.


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