An appeals court will hear arguments Friday from ex-Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows as he again seeks to move his Georgia election interference case into federal court.
An appeals court on Friday is set to hear arguments from former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows as he continues his effort to move the election interference charges against him in Georgia out of state court and into federal court.
Meadows was charged in Fulton County this summer, alongside former President Donald Trump and 17 others, with conspiring to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results. He pleaded not guilty and has since unsuccessfully sought to remove the case to federal court based on a law that calls for the removal of criminal proceedings when someone is charged for actions they allegedly took as a federal official acting “under color” of their office.
“This is not a case where the Chief of Staff went down to Georgia in his private capacity and got in some kerfuffle; it is a criminal prosecution of the Chief of Staff based on actions taken in the White House while discharging his official duties,” Meadows’ attorneys wrote in one brief for the appeals court. “He is here solely because he served as chief of staff.
