Mark Meadows’ son wants to represent him in battle over book 'littered with election theft falsehoods'
All Seasons Press, the publisher for former Donald Trump chief of staff and Fulton County, Georgia co-defendant Mark Meadows, removed copies of his book, The Chief's Chief, last month following his admission to special counsel Jack Smith that the 2020 election was not stolen.
According to The Daily Beast, Meadows' admission goes against "much of what he wrote in the book, which is littered with election theft falsehoods."
Now, the Beast reports, in addition to Georgia legal trouble, the ex-Trump staffer "is staring down the barrel of yet another possible 2024 trial that’s set to begin on the eve of Election Day and could see him lose millions of dollars to the publisher of his memoir."
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According to the report, "A jury trial is set for November 4, 2024 in the publishing lawsuit should the two sides fail to reach a settlement."
The news outlet notes, "Blake, who ultimately disproved Trump's wild 'dead voters' conspiracy years ago, is now prepared to defend his father's falsehood-ridden book against the group that published it."
According to the report, Blake "has already gone to bat for his father against the publisher, assuring All Seasons Press in a December 2021 letter that portions of the memoir were 'taken out of context' in media reports and going so far as to accuse the publisher of bearing responsibility for the leak, according to court documents."
Meadows and his son this week asked the Florida court if Blake could represent him during "the potential trial," the Beast reports, despite "the fact he is not a member of the Florida bar."
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The Beast reports:
In 2020, Blake scanned voter rolls and obituaries to look into claims that fraudulent votes were being cast on behalf of dead voters, a search that dug up '12 obituaries and 6 other possibles depending on the Voter roll acuracy [sic],' Mark Meadows texted Trump senior adviser Eric Herschman at the time in an exchange obtained by the Jan. 6 committee.
The Daily Beast's full report is here (subscription required).
