Mark Meadows Says ‘To My Knowledge No One in the West Wing’ Knew in Advance ‘What Was Going to Happen’ on January 6

Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said that as far as he knows, “no one in the West Wing” knew what was going to happen on January 6 in advance.

Meadows appeared on Newsmax Friday night hours after defying the January 6 select committee, which is almost certainly going to get him a criminal contempt referral from Congress. Hours after Meadows failed to show up for his deposition, Steve Bannon was indicted for defying the committee weeks earlier.

“These are complex legal matters,” Meadows told Newsmax’s Rob Schmitt. “We’ve got a president in President Trump that is saying he wants to claim executive privilege. There’s case law that would suggest that that’s appropriate.”

“Part of this is that Congress has gotten so hyper-partisan, and candidly this committee is more interested in politics than they are at really solving real problems,” he added.

Schmitt asked about the argument from critics that they must have something to hide if they’re refusing to cooperate.

“Obviously that’s not the case,” Meadows insisted.

I’ve told them that to my knowledge no one in the West Wing had any advanced knowledge of what was going to happen on January 6 in terms of a breach in security. Additionally, a number of things that took place actually would not go towards supporting that narrative.

On Sunday ABC News’ Jon Karl shared new reporting from his upcoming book Betrayal that says Meadows sent a top Mike Pence aide a memo drafted by Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis outlining a way the then-vice president could overturn the election.

You can watch above, via Newsmax.