NEW: Former White House Chief of Staff MarkMeadows and his wife not charged with voter fraud
The announcement came after an eight-month investigation showed the two had not committed a crime that could be successfully prosecuted.Mark Meadows and his wife had registered to vote at a residence in Scaly Mountain, North Carolina, but had not changed their driver's license addresses from their previous Sapphire, North Carolina, address.
He voted by absentee ballot in the 2020 election while working in Washington, D.C., under the Trump administration, but he never registered to vote in the district or Virginia and remained eligible to vote in North Carolina because he was a public servant. "While a person in Mr. Meadows’s position and with his background should be more familiar with the rules and requirements of residence and voting in North Carolina, the law does not distinguish between him and the average citizen when it comes to making a residency determination. Likewise, we cannot consider any other bad acts that Mr.
The attorney general's office reasoned against pressing charges because of the totality of the couple's situation and the notion that"prosecution of this matter could have a chilling effect on both public service and on voting," among other factors.The declination of prosecution comes as transcripts from Jan. 6 committee testimony show that former first lady Melania Trump did not trust Mark Meadows or the rest of her husband's inner circle.
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