Disgraced former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows wasn’t feeling chatty when approached by NBC’s Frank Thorp in DC on Wednesday. Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, also a former federal prosecutor, later told NBC that Meadows isn’t bound by any secrecy rules if he were merely testifying as a witness, but not if he’s entered into a cooperation agreement.
“The only time you can’t do it is when the government has a cooperation agreement with you and they say, ‘No talking about this; the only time we want to hear you talking is when you’re on the witness stand,'” said Christie. “And that, to me, Mark Meadows looks to me like a federal witness under a cooperation agreement and I, my guess is that’s what we’re going to find out he is.”
Meadows’ appearance in DC comes just days after flight records indicated his fat former boss may or may not have secretly confronted him in person in western North Carolina.