Mark Meadows may have spoiled Trump executive privilege claims with his new book, Jan. 6 committee says

Mark Meadows
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Mark Meadows is both releasing a book on his time as former President Donald Trump's chief staff next week and also appearing before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol raid by Trump supporters. His lawyer says he still plans to shield some of his testimony behind Trump's claim of executive privilege, but the Jan. 6 committee and some outside legal experts say the revelations in his forthcoming book may have ruined that plan, Politico reports.

It's "very possible that by discussing the events of Jan. 6 in his book, if he does that, he's waiving any claim of privilege," says Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said. "So, it'd be very difficult for him to maintain 'I can't speak about events to you, but I can speak about them in my book.'" If Meadows' book describes Trump's actions leading up to Jan. 6, "it's a waiver legally," Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) concurred.

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