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Charlie Pierce: The Water Is Rising Fast Around Mark Meadows

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Charlie Pierce: The Water Is Rising Fast Around Mark Meadows
Charlie Pierce Esquire

I’m no expert at being a former White House chief of staff with a congressional committee nipping at my heels, but to the untrained eye, Mark Meadows seems to be in a world of shit. On Sunday, the January 6 committee released a 51-page report backing up its recommendation that Meadows be held in criminal contempt for his decision to renege on testifying before the committee. The report throws a fairly fine net over Meadows for his behavior in office before, during, and after the insurrection. It also makes a good case for Meadows’ withdrawal from cooperation as being the grand finale of a series of stupid things he’s done in service to El Caudillo del Mar-a-Lago.

Read the rest of Charlie Pierce’s piece at Esquire Politics