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Trump’s ex-chief of staff Mark Meadows investigated for voter registration fraud

Mark Meadows speaks to the media at the White House in Washington, DC
Mark Meadows speaks to the media at the White House in Washington, DC Photograph: Olivier Douliery/AFP/Getty Images

Mark Meadows, who served as former President Donald Trump’s final chief of staff and has echoed his false claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election, is being investigated in North Carolina over his voter registration, state authorities said.

North Carolina’s state bureau of investigation was assigned to lead the inquiry after a district attorney referred the matter to the state department of justice special prosecutions section, a department spokeswoman, Nazneen Ahmed, said in an email.

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