Meadows by this point was actively helping the conspiracy theorists who were filling Trump’s head with all sorts of fantasies, acting less as a gatekeeper than a door-opener. “Meadows was basically a matador,” said one Republican involved in discussions with the White House at the time. “He sort of just let in anybody and everybody who wanted to come in.” Moreover, he was still playing both sides. “Meadows admitted to people privately…‘Trust me, I’m going to get the president there, he’s going to drop this issue. Just kind of give him time to mourn and grieve and then he’s going to come
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