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Trump WH aide: Meadows burned docs in transition period

The Beat with Ari Melber

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Mark Meadows vs Donald Trump

Glenn Thrush: I was never enamored of giving somebody immunity, giving them a complete pass for their own crimes. If prosecutors give a guy like Mark Meadows immunity, that reduces his credibility in front of any jury before which he might have to testify about the crimes of Donald Trump. The Supreme Court has said that if you request a pardon, that carries with it some imputation of guilt. So this explains how their pressure campaign, their unlawful pressure campaign actually worked. We could that will humanize Cassidy Hutchinson in the eyes of a jury and I would embrace it tactically as a strength, not a weakness.

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