Mark Meadows granted immunity in federal 2020 election case against Trump: report 

Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows was granted immunity by special counsel Jack Smith in exchange for his testimony in the federal 2020 election interference case against former President Donald Trump, according to a report. 

Trump allies have long suspected that Meadows was cooperating with Smith and some have even been apprehensive about talking with the former White House aide over fears that the FBI was monitoring his communications.

Meadows reportedly told Smith’s team that he informed Trump several times in the weeks after his 2020 presidential election loss to Joe Biden that allegations of widespread voting fraud were without merit, according to ABC News. 

The former North Carolina congressman also reportedly told prosecutors that Trump, 77, was being “dishonest” when he first claimed victory in the race just hours after polls closed on Nov. 3, 2020, according to the outlet. 

“Obviously we didn’t win,” Meadows told federal investigators in one meeting, acknowledging that he has never seen any evidence that fraud was a factor in Trump’s 2020 defeat, the outlet reports. 

Meadows also insisted that he didn’t resign despite disagreeing with Trump’s election fraud claims because he wanted to help ensure a peaceful transfer of power.

Meadows, who was issued a subpoena by Smith in January, has spoken to the special counsel’s team at least three times this year, and once before a federal grand jury only after being granted immunity, according to ABC News. 

Under the immunity order, Meadows’ testimony can’t be used against him in a federal court.

In August, Trump pleaded not guilty to a four-count indictment from the Justice Department that accused him of disrupting the peaceful transfer of power by making “knowingly false” voter fraud claims that culminated in the storming of the US Capitol building by hundreds of his supporters on Jan. 6, 2021.

Meadows reportedly told federal investigators that as the riot was underway, Trump got on the phone with Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), telling the then-House GOP leader, “I guess these people are more upset than you are.”

The former White House chief of staff noted, however, that Trump was “visibly shaken” upon learning that one of his supporters, Ashli Babbitt, was fatally shot by a Capitol Police officer near the House chamber.

Meadows, 64, has not been charged by Smith. 

However, he faces charges in Georgia under the state’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute, along with Trump and 17 other co-defendants, over alleged efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 election results.

Meadows also faces a charge for soliciting an official to violate their oath of office. 

Meadows has sought to have the Georgia case against him moved to federal court – where he would argue he is immune from state-level prosecution because of his role as a federal official – but a Georgia district court denied his effort. He is appealing that ruling.

“I told ABC that their story was largely inaccurate,” George Terwilliger, Mark Meadows lawyer, told CBS News. “People will have to judge for themselves the decision to run it anyway.”

Terwilliger did not respond to The Post’s request for comment.