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Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows pleaded not guilty Friday to charges in Arizona alleging he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
An Arizona grand jury indicted Meadows and 17 other aides in April, including several with ties to the state’s fake electors and the Trump campaign, for trying to overturn former President Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential election loss.
The indictment said Meadows “worked with members of the Trump campaign to coordinate and carry out Republican electoral fraud in Arizona and six other states” and “was involved in numerous efforts to keep (Trump) in power despite his defeat in the vote.”
Trump is not among those indicted in Arizona, but details of the indictment suggest he is “unindicted co-conspirator 1.”
Meadows also faces charges in Georgia. He was indicted in August by Fulton County prosecutors and accused of violating Georgia’s RICO statute and of trying to encourage Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, to violate his oath of office.
Meadows has pleaded not guilty in the Georgia case, but an appeals court order this week postponed the case indefinitely.
Mike Roman, his former 2020 campaign manager, also pleaded not guilty on Friday.
This story has been updated with additional details.
