Ex-Aide: Paranoid Meadows Burned Docs In Fireplace

The New York Times reports:

Both in print and in the conversation in her high rise, Ms. Hutchinson described a journey down a political rabbit hole that might have tested the psychological stamina of a more seasoned operative.

It was, by her telling, an administration awash in paranoia, with Mr. Meadows and others refusing to dispose of daily litter in “burn bags” for fear that someone from the “deep state” might intercept the contents.

Instead, she writes, Mr. Meadows burned so many documents in his fireplace in the final days of the Trump presidency that his wife complained to Ms. Hutchinson about how expensive it had become to dry-clean the “bonfire” aroma from his suits.

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Meadows burned so many documents in his White House fireplace in the final days of the Trump presidency that his wife complained to Cassidy Hutchinson about how expensive it had become to dry-clean the “bonfire” aroma from his suits. ⁦@DraperRobert⁩ https://t.co/COnuaVHCnd

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