Trump's final first-term White House chief of staff and a defendant charged alongside Trump in the 2023 Georgia election-interference indictment.
Relationship to TrumpWhite House chief of staff in Trump's first administrationpolitical / 2 sourcesStatus
Exact relationships
- Donald J. Trump
Relationship to TrumpWhite House chief of staff in Trump's first administration
Open evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented - Donald J. Trump
White House chief of staff
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
White House chief of staff
Open evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented - Donald J. Trump
White House chief of staff
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
White House chief of staff
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
White House chief of staff
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
White House chief of staff
Open evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented - Donald J. Trump
White House chief of staff
Open evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented - Donald J. Trump
White House chief of staff
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
White House chief of staff
Open evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented - Donald J. Trump
White House chief of staff
Open evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented - Donald J. Trump
White House chief of staff
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
White House chief of staff
Open evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented - Donald J. Trump
White House chief of staff
Open evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented - Donald J. Trump
White House chief of staff
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
White House chief of staff
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
White House chief of staff
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
White House chief of staff
Open evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented - Donald J. Trump
White House chief of staff
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
White House chief of staff
Open evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented - Donald J. Trump
former chief of staff charged alongside Trump
Open evidence · 2 sourcescharged
Record timeline
- Meadows says he is already working on legislatures appointing Trump electorsDocumented in Meadows text productionWhite House chief of staff · documented · 1 source
- Meadows forwards the Chesebro elector memorandum and asks for coordinationDocumented by messages reviewed by the January 6 committeeWhite House chief of staff · documented · 1 source
- Meadows makes an unannounced visit to Georgia's Cobb County ballot auditAudit completed; Georgia's certified result did not changeWhite House chief of staff · documented · 2 sources
- Meadows asks whether Trump campaign funding can accelerate Fulton County verificationRequest documented; certified Georgia result remained unchangedWhite House chief of staff · documented · 1 source
- Meadows becomes the White House channel for pressure to elevate Jeffrey ClarkClark was not installed after Justice Department leadership threatened mass resignationWhite House chief of staff · documented · 1 source
- Meadows sends Justice Department a draft Supreme Court election lawsuitJustice Department refused to file the proposed suitWhite House chief of staff · documented · 1 source
- Meadows repeatedly forwards the debunked Italygate claim to Justice leadershipFBI and Justice Department found the allegation not credibleWhite House chief of staff · documented · 1 source
- Meadows joins Trump's call demanding that Georgia 'find' enough votes to winGeorgia did not change its certified resultWhite House chief of staff · documented · 2 sources
- Meadows says the National Guard will protect pro-Trump people on January 6Committee found no Trump order to deploy 10,000 Guard troopsWhite House chief of staff · documented · 2 sources
- Meadows receives a cascade of pleas to make Trump stop the Capitol attackAttack continued until Trump released a go-home video at 4:17 p.m.White House chief of staff · documented · 2 sources
- Meadows serves as Trump's final first-term chief of staffFormer White House chief of staffWhite House chief of staff in Trump's first administration · documented · 2 sources
- January 6 committee subpoenas Meadows for records and testimonyMeadows produced selected messages but ultimately refused to testifyWhite House chief of staff · documented · 1 source
- Meadows reverses course and refuses the January 6 committee depositionRefusal produced a House contempt vote; Justice later declined prosecutionWhite House chief of staff · documented · 2 sources
- House votes to hold Meadows in contempt for defying the committee subpoenaCriminal referral not prosecutedWhite House chief of staff · documented · 2 sources
- Justice Department declines to prosecute Meadows for contempt of CongressNo criminal contempt prosecutionWhite House chief of staff · documented · 2 sources
- Georgia grand jury charges Meadows alongside TrumpCharged in 2023; no disposition asserted in this transportformer chief of staff charged alongside Trump · charged · 2 sources
- Eleventh Circuit rejects Meadows' effort to move Georgia prosecution to federal courtFederal removal denied; underlying Georgia case later dismissed by state prosecutorWhite House chief of staff · documented · 2 sources
- Arizona grand jury charges Giuliani and Meadows in fake-elector caseAll charges dismissed June 18, 2026; prosecutors announced intent to seek a new indictmentWhite House chief of staff · documented · 2 sources
- Trump grants Giuliani and Meadows federal pardons for 2020 election conductFederally pardoned for covered conduct; state and civil matters unaffectedWhite House chief of staff · documented · 1 source
- Georgia prosecutor dismisses election case against Trump, Giuliani, Meadows, and remaining defendantsGeorgia charges dismissed without trialWhite House chief of staff · documented · 1 source
- Arizona judge dismisses the fake-elector indictment in fullCharges dismissed; prosecutors announced intent to seek a new indictmentWhite House chief of staff · documented · 1 source