Trump's Inner Circle Faces Legal Troubles: Meadows Testifies, Lawyer in Court, Key Witnesses Secured.

Former President Donald Trump has suffered another judicial defeat in his campaign to thwart the various criminal investigations targeting him. D.C. District Judge Beryl Howell rejected his claim of executive privilege to stop his former chief of staff Mark Meadows and other top aides from testifying in special counsel Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 probe. Meadows’ testimony matters enormously, as he was one of the few staffers in continuous contact with Trump on Jan. 6 as the siege occurred and was also “at the very center of Trump’s plans to overturn his presidential election” loss.