The US Supreme Court on Tuesday spurned a request from ex-Trump aide Mark Meadows to transfer his Georgia 2020 election-tampering case to a potentially more favorable federal court.
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday spurned a request from ex-Trump aide Mark Meadows to transfer his Georgia 2020 election-tampering case to a potentially more favorable federal court.
The former White House chief of staff, 65, had battled in court for months to move his case from the state to federal level, where he could attempt to make immunity claims in the Fulton County racketeering case.
The high court denied to take up his petition without specifying a reason why.
Meadows’ lawyer had tried pleading with the Supreme Court over the summer, arguing, ”This court reiterated that the threat posed by prosecutions against federal officers for actions relating to their federal functions does not evaporate once they leave federal office.”
“A White House Chief of Staff facing criminal charges based on actions relating to his work for the president of the United States should not be a close call.
