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Martin Pengelly in Washington

Top Trump aide burned so many papers wife noticed ‘bonfire’ smell, book says

Mark Meadows outside the White House in October 2020. Meadows’ habit of burning documents was previously known.
Mark Meadows outside the White House in October 2020. Meadows’ habit of burning documents was previously known. Photograph: Alexander Drago/Reuters

Mark Meadows burned so many papers in his office fireplace as Donald Trump’s presidency came to its chaotic end that the then White House chief of staff’s wife complained about the cost of dry-cleaning his suits to remove the “bonfire” smell, Cassidy Hutchinson writes in her eagerly awaited memoir.

The New York Times reported the passage about Meadows burning documents, before MSNBC confirmed it.

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