A former North Carolina congressman, who went on to work in former President Donald Trump's White House, faces an investigation into alleged voter fraud, the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation confirmed Thursday.
A March 6 article in The New Yorker reported Mark Meadows registered to vote with the address of a mobile home in Scaly Mountain, North Carolina, but did not actually live there.
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"Local district attorney Ashley Welch has referred this matter to the Department of Justice's Special Prosecutions Section, and we have agreed to her request," said Nazneen Ahmed, with the North Carolina Attorney General's Office.
Welch is the district attorney for Macon County, in western North Carolina, where Meadows registered to vote.
"We have asked the SBI to investigate and at the conclusion of the investigation, we'll review their findings," Ahmed said.
From 2013 until 2020, Meadows, a Republican, represented the 11th Congressional District in western North Carolina. He resigned from Congress to become the chief of staff in Trump's White House.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections lists Meadow's address on McConnell Road, Scaly Mountain, in Macon County.