Then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks to members of the press outside the West Wing of the White House on August 28, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) RALEIGH, N.C. - North Carolina state investigators are probing the voter registration of Mark Meadows, a former chief of staff to President Donald Trump, amid questions about him listing a home he never owned on voter records, the state attorney general’s office said Thursday.Attorney General Josh Stein's office asked the State Bureau of Investigation to look into Meadows' voter registration after a local prosecutor requested that state authorities oversee any probe of the matter, N.C.
Department of Justice spokeswoman Nazneen Ahmed said in an email."We have asked the SBI to investigate and at the conclusion of the investigation, we’ll review their findings," Ahmed said.In a letter Monday, Macon County District Attorney Ashley Welch asked the attorney general's office to handle any probe into Meadows' voter registration and said that she would recuse herself from the matter.
She noted that Meadows, a former congressman from the area, contributed to her campaign for DA and appeared in political ads endorsing her.LiveNOW from FOXShe also said she had no knowledge of the case until it was reported in the media."Until being contacted by the media, I was unaware of any allegations of voter fraud surrounding Mark Meadows," she saidWelch's office released the letter Thursday and declined further comment.A spokesman for Meadows didn’t immediately return an email seeking comment Thursday.WRAL-TV first reported that state authorities are investigating Meadows' voter registration.Public records show that Meadows is registered to vote in two.