Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner predicted Friday that Donald Trump‘s former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows will “rat” the former president “out” to Justice Department investigators as part of the probe into January 6, 2021.
CNN reported on Thursday that Trump had been told by advisers to “cut contact” with Meadows, who is seen by some legal analysts as a potential key witness against the former president. The news organization also reported that Trump’s legal team “is in direct communication with Justice Department officials” in connection to the January 6 probe.
Kirschner, who now works as a legal analyst for MSNBC and NBC News, and has called for Trump’s indictment, cited this reporting by CNN in a video shared to YouTube and Twitter on Friday. He said that the former president’s attorneys talking with the Justice Department was a “last ditch effort” to prevent an indictment. The legal expert also pointed to reporting by Rolling Stone that said Trump’s legal team is attempting to place blame for any alleged criminal behavior on “fall guys.”
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“Who is one of the marquee fall guys?” Kirschner asked. “Mark Meadows.”
“And do you really think Mark Meadows is just going to sit quietly by and take the fall for Donald Trump? Maybe just volunteer to dive under the bus? No,” the attorney added. “He’s going to cut his losses. He’s going to cooperate. He’s going to flip. He’s going to turn state’s evidence. He’s going to rat Trump out. He’s going to snitch.”
Newsweek reached out to Trump’s press office for comment.
The ex-president says that he did nothing wrong on January 6 or in his effort to overturn President Joe Biden‘s election win. Trump continues to also say that the election was “rigged” or “stolen” from him. He describes all investigations targeting him and his allies as part of a partisan “witch hunt.”
Despite Trump’s claims, no evidence has emerged showing the 2020 election was fraudulent. To the contrary, dozens of legal challenges brought by the former president and his allies failed in state and federal courts. Meanwhile, audits and recounts consistently reaffirmed…
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