Official: Meadows had been warned of possible 1/6 violence

By FARNOUSH AMIRI, ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former White House official told the House committee investigating the Capitol riot that President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, had been advised of intelligence reports showing the potential for violence. That’s according to just-released transcripts. Cassidy Hutchinson, a special assistant in the Trump White House, told the committee “there were concerns brought forward” to Meadows before the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but it was unclear what Meadows did with that information. A Meadows lawyer didn’t immediately return an email seeking comment. The testimony also reinforced how certain House Republicans were deeply involved in White House discussions about overturning the election in the months leading to the deadly insurrection.