前总统唐纳德·特朗普的最后一任白宫办公厅主任，马克·梅多斯在联邦大陪审团听证前作证在特别顾问对特朗普的调查中知情人士告诉ABC新闻。
有消息称，梅多斯回答了这两个问题特朗普推翻2020年大选的努力还有特朗普的涉嫌不当处理机密文件他不在办公室的时候。
首次报道了梅多斯的出现由纽约时报。目前还不清楚他出现在大陪审团面前的确切时间，大陪审团一直定期在华盛顿开会。
梅多斯和他的律师都没有立即回应置评请求。
他的证词并不出人意料。据知情人士透露，今年早些时候，一名联邦法官驳回了特朗普对行政特权的主张，并命令梅多斯和其他特朗普的前高级助手在大陪审团面前作证。
梅多斯已被特别律师传唤杰克·史密斯以及其他前特朗普助手，以获取与DOJ调查有关的证词和文件。
在特朗普宣布他将在2024年竞选总统后，司法部长梅里克·加兰(Merrick Garland)去年年底任命史密斯监督DOJ对特朗普的调查。
特朗普长期以来一直坚称自己没有做错什么，只是因为政治而被挑选出来。
在这张2022年11月14日的档案照片中，特朗普政府时期的前白宫办公厅主任马克·梅多斯在一个题为“第118届国会众议院规则和程序变化”的论坛上发言...
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“任何针对特朗普总统的案件都没有事实或法律依据或实质，”他的一名发言人在3月份表示。“疯狂的民主党人和他们在主流媒体上的同志们正在腐蚀法律程序，并将司法系统武器化，以操纵公众舆论，因为他们显然正在输掉这场政治斗争。”
据知情人士透露，另外，史密斯传唤了多名与前总统特朗普有关的美国特勤局特工。
史密斯正在调查Mar-a-Lago对机密信息的处理以及1月6日的调查。据信，这些特工将就机密信息的处理作证，他们的证词预计将在未来几周内公布。
特别检察官办公室拒绝置评。
福克斯新闻频道首先报道了这一细节。
Trump's ex-chief of staff Mark Meadows testifies to special counsel grand jury: Sources
Former President Donald Trump's last White House chief of staff,Mark Meadows, has testified before a federal grand jury hearing evidencein the special counsel's investigations into Trump, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
Sources said that Meadows answered questions on bothTrump's efforts to overturn the 2020 electionand Trump'salleged mishandling of classified documentswhile he was out of office.
Meadows' appearance was first reportedby The New York Times. It was not immediately clear exactly when he appeared before the grand jury, which has been meeting regularly in Washington.
Neither Meadows nor an attorney for him immediately responded to requests for comment.
His testimony is not unexpected. Earlier this year, a federal judge rejected Trump's claims of executive privilege and ordered Meadows and other former top Trump aides to testify before the grand jury, multiple sources familiar have said.
Meadows had been subpoenaed by special counselJack Smithalong with the other ex-Trump aides for testimony and documents related to the DOJ probe.
Smith was named late last year by Attorney General Merrick Garland to oversee the DOJ's Trump investigations after Trump declared he was running for president in 2024.
Trump has long maintained he did nothing wrong and is being singled out because of politics.
"There is no factual or legal basis or substance to any case against President Trump," a spokesperson for him said in March. "The deranged Democrats and their comrades in the mainstream media are corrupting the legal process and weaponizing the justice system in order to manipulate public opinion, because they are clearly losing the political battle."
Separately, multiple U.S. Secret Service agents connected to former President Trump's detail were subpoenaed by Smith, according to a source familiar with the situation.
Smith is looking into both the handling of classified information at Mar-a-Lago and the Jan. 6 investigation. The agents are believed to be testifying on the handling of classified information, and their testimony is expected in the next few weeks.
The special counsel's office declined to comment.
The detail was first reported by Fox News.
