RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s State Bureau of Investigation has finished its inquiry into whether Mark Meadows, former President Donald Trump’s last White House chief of staff, committed voter fraud.
Meanwhile, a U.S. House committee is wrapping up its own investigation into the Jan. 6, 2022, riot at the Capitol, and Meadows has emerged as a key player in the events of that day. The committee has said it plans to make criminal referrals of unspecified people to the U.S. Department of Justice next week.
Many of Meadows’ text messages were turned over to the committee, and some have been published in the months since its investigation began, showing what Fox News personalities, members of Congress, a Supreme Court justice’s wife and others said to Meadows. In the latest disclosure, the website Talking Points Memo obtained some 450 texts between Meadows and Republican members of Congress — including Reps. Ted Budd and Greg Murphy of North Carolina — and published many on Monday.
