An aide to former Vice President Mike Pence described former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows as the ā€œringleaderā€ with much of the events that took place on Jan. 6, 2021.

Marc Short, Penceā€™s former chief of staff, said Meadows was ā€œcentralā€ in efforts to overturn the 2020 election on Jan. 6. Though Meadows was not charged in the Justice Departmentā€™s federal case, he was charged alongside former President Trump with racketeering and solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer in the Fulton County, Ga., election case.

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      Itā€™s kinda hard to see Meadows as the fall guy when the Trump call to Secretary of State (Ga) Ratzenberger exists, there shouldnā€™t be any questions when the jury hears that phone call because itā€™s indisputable proof that Trump was leading the pressure campaign to overturn Georgiaā€™s election results.

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      His behavior recently seems to indicate that he really doesnā€™t want to go to jail. Iā€™d bet heā€™s singing like a canary to get a reduced sentence.