Meadows burned papers after meeting with Scott Perry, Jan. 6 panel told

Then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows burned papers in his office after meeting with a House Republican who was working to challenge the 2020 election

, according to testimony the Jan. 6 select committee has heard from one of his former aides.

It’s unclear whether Hutchinson told the committee which specific papers were burnt, and if federal records laws required the materials’ preservation. Meadows’ destruction of papers is a key focus for the select committee, and the person familiar with the testimony said investigators pressed Hutchinson for details about the issue for more than 90 minutes during a recent deposition.A lawyer for Meadows declined to comment, as did a spokesperson for the Jan. 6 committee.

Perry, now chair of the pro-Trump House Freedom Caucus, spent weeks pressing Meadows to implement the plan.

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