WASHINGTON — An Arizona grand jury has indicted Mark Meadows, former President Donald Trump’s chief of staff and a former congressman, over his involvement in efforts to overturn the 2020 election using a fake slate of electors from the state.

He is among 18 people charged, though his name does not appear in the indictment. Trump is not charged.

Prosecutors gave enough details in the indictment, dated Tuesday and posted on social media by a Politico reporter, to reveal Meadows as one of the defendants whose names are redacted.

Trump is consistently referred to in the indictment as “Unindicted Coconspirator 1.” A description of one of the defendants with redacted names describes him as that co-conspirator’s chief of staff.

Charges for the group include conspiracy, fraudulent schemes and artifices, fraudulent schemes and practices and forgery.

Since Meadows’ name is redacted, the full scope of the allegations against him is not immediately clear.

This is the second time Meadows, formerly a congressman from North Carolina, has been indicted for allegations that he tried to overturn the 2020 election. The other case is in Georgia, where he’s facing two charges of racketeering and solicitation of violation of oath of a public officer, according to that indictment.

Meadows has defended himself, saying the actions he is accused of taking were within the purview of his job as a chief of staff.

The fake electors

The latest indictment details how those close to Trump worked with a fake group of electors from Arizona to try to overthrow the election results, where Biden won by more than 10,000 votes.

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