Very sad: i.e. if true about Meadows, it says something awful as to the Jan 6 WH decision making process. No adults in the room, leading to chaos
For what it is worth, if the description of Meadows, January 6th is in any way true, it means that there was no adult supervision in January 6th in the seat of government: One cannot have a situation where a chief of staff has reached the end of his / her rope and call the WH which this has happened as competent or functioning
Regardless of who is legally charged, about June 6, 2021, the apparent breakdown of administrative authority needs immediate organizational reforms and oversight.
Regardless of what party is in power, the description so rendered is so alarming that organizational backup has to be put in place.
I recall what I read about the 1973-74 Nixon WH. In that milieu, due to individuals who persevered , there was still in the mist of disorder, a chain of command,.
What I am hearing in the January 6th, 2021 is that this defacto chain of command was made moot.
This break down cannot be allowed to happen again
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/3550940-mulvaney-white-house-friend-said-meadows-was-incompetent-had-nervous-breakdown-on-jan-6/
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Mulvaney: White House ‘friend’ said Meadows was incompetent, had ‘nervous breakdown’ on Jan. 6
BY?JARED GANS?- 07/09/22 9:58 AM ET
Former acting White House chief of staff?Mick Mulvaney?said that a “friend” who was in the White House during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot told him that Trump chief of staff?Mark Meadows?was experiencing “a little bit of both” incompetence and a “nervous breakdown” as the event unfolded.?
During an interview with CBS Friday, Mulvaney?said that he trusts?testimony that Meadows’s former top aide Cassidy Hutchinson gave to the House committee investigating the attack. Hutchinson described Meadows to lawmakers as disengaged.
He said he was texting with a friend who was in the West Wing on Jan. 6 as Hutchinson was testifying.?
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“I said, if I listen to Cassidy closely, it sounds like Mark was either completely incompetent at the job or having a nervous breakdown, and the person texted back it was a little bit of both,” Mulvaney said.?
He said the position of chief of staff was “critical” in a moment like the insurrection, but Meadows seems to have “checked out entirely.”?
Mulvaney said he defended former President Trump for more than a year, arguing that his actions on that day were not criminal, but Hutchinson’s testimony changed his view of the situation.
Hutchinson testified at a last-minute hearing late last month that was scheduled after the committee had announced a planned break from public hearings until July.?
During the hearing, she told the committee that Trump was aware that some rally attendees at the Ellipse before the insurrection were armed and that Trump insisted on going to the Capitol along with his supporters.
She claimed that the former president tried to grab the steering wheel of the presidential vehicle to change course.
Mulvaney said Friday he knows Hutchinson and she has “no reason to lie.”?
Rep.?Liz Cheney?(R-Wyo.), the vice chair of the committee, also?showed?text messages toward the end of the hearing that indicated Trump may have engaged in witness intimidation.
Former White House counsel?Pat Cipollone?received a subpoena from the committee in the aftermath of Hutchinson’s testimony and spoke to the committee Friday.
Rep.?Zoe Lofgren?(D-Calif.)?told?CNN’s Wolf Blitzer after the meeting that Cipollone did not contradict anything that other witnesses said but added that “not contradicting is not the same as confirming.”
The Hill has reached out to Meadows for comment through America First Legal, a nonprofit organization led by former Trump administration officials. Meadows serves as a board member of the organization.
TAGS?CASSIDY HUTCHINSON?CHIEF OF STAFF?HOUSE JAN. 6 COMMITTEE?JAN. 6 INSURRECTION?JAN. 6 PUBLIC HEARINGS?LIZ CHENEY?MARK MEADOWS?MARK MEADOWS?MICK MULVANEY?MICK MULVANEY?PAT CIPOLLONE?ZOE LOFGREN
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Andrew Beckwith, PhD