when he was on calls with rudy giuliani, he said that was part of his role as a scheduler, part of making sure that from a federal prosecute iv that elections were being carried out. he said something similarly when asked about setting up the call between donald trump and brad raffensperger, that that was part of his job as white house chief of staff, even though raffensperger testified that the federal government doesn t play a role in certifying the results at this state level. to give you a sense of how broadly the meadows team is viewing his responsibilities, here s part of what played out. the judge asked meadows attorney at one point, could he be acting under federal authority if trump wasn t acting under federal authority. and meadows attorney says the answer is definitely yes. so, again, meadows was on the stand for about 3 1/2 hours in a hearing that lasted all day long. the judge did not rule from the bench, but he said he will do so quickly. so we re expecting a ruling on