Trump 'Particularly Upset' Meadows Called His Hair 'A Mess' In New Book: Report

Former President Donald Trump became upset after his staunch ally and former chief of staff Mark Meadows called his hair “a mess” during his bout against COVID-19, according to a report.

In his self-published memoir, “The Chief’s Chief,” Meadows shared that Trump tested positive for COVID-19 a week before he was admitted to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. While Trump was sick with the novel coronavirus, Meadows described him as having “red streaks” in his eyes and that “his hair was a mess.” This passage “particularly upset” the former president, who voiced his disappointment to a confidante, The Washington Post revealed.

“This guy is talking about what I look like, in my bedroom,” Trump told the unnamed confidante, according to the daily.

Meadows, who was left distraught by Trump’s reaction to his memoir, previously agreed to be interviewed by investigators for the House select committee probing the events that led to the deadly Capitol riot in January. However, he later refused to sit down for an interview, prompting the committee and the House to hold the former chief of staff in contempt of Congress.

The committee Sunday night released a 51-page report on the days leading up to the Jan.6 insurrection. According to the report, Meadows had received a series of text messages about strategies to encourage other Republican legislators to alternate slates of electors to Congress. The GOP believed this move would allow then-Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the results of the 2020 election and declare Trump the winner.

“I love it,” Meadows said in response to the messages, the report said, adding that the former chief of staff also encouraged West Wing staff members to regularly promote false claims of election fraud in the days following the election period.

The report further said that on the day of the Capitol riot, Meadows also received messages from panicked lawmakers, allies and even Trump’s family members begging him to convince the then-president to condemn the violence at the Capitol.

Meadows is the third person to face a recommendation for contempt of Congress. In November, former Trump adviser Steven Bannon was indicted on two counts of contempt of Congress for his failure to comply with a subpoena issued by the House Jan. 6 select committee.

Earlier this month, the committee also approved a contempt referral against former Trump Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark.

The Department of Justice is now deciding whether to indict Meadows and pursue a prosecution in the case.