wasn't the driving force in pushing bogus claims of election fraud but when then attorney general bill barr dismissed the fraud claims -- >> i made it clear i did not agree with the idea of saying the election was stolen an putting out this stuff which i told the president was bullshit. >> reporter: meadows said he felt further investigation was warranted. mark meadows spent more than 3 1/2 hours on the stand testifying monday. and at the end of a full day hearing the judge said that he was not yet ready to rule in the case. he said though that he will do so quickly. we expect that ruling to come on paper. and he acknowledged that arraignments in this case, again those hearings where you would enter a plea, are requesticly coming up in the state court scheduled for september 6. sara murray, cnn, washington. federal hate crime investigation is under way in jacksonville after a white gunman shot and killed three black people and then himself at a dollar store on saturday. police say the shooter left behind racist writings and used