The former Trump White House chief of staff argued before an appeals panel to move his Georgia election interference case to federal court.
Mark Meadows, the former White House chief of staff under Donald Trump, was met with skepticism by a panel of judges on Friday as his lawyers argued to move his Georgia election interference case to federal court, with one legal analyst saying he’s «toast.»
Meadows is charged alongside former President Trump and 17 other co-defendants for allegedly attempting to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. The former chief of staff is seeking to move his case from state to federal court, saying that his duties listed in the indictment brought by prosecutors in Fulton County fall within the scope of his duties to Trump. Meadows has maintained his innocence in the case.
Moving the case could potentially broaden Meadows’ jury pool to a less Democratic-heavy area of Georgia and allow the charges to be overseen by a federal judge. Meadows’ first attempt was blocked by a judge in September, sending his argument before a three-judge panel with the 11th Circuit Appeals Court.
On Friday, the appeals panel again raised questions about Meadows’ argument, and legal analysts agreed that it was likely his request to move the case would be shot down once again.
«Meadows is toast,» Anthony Kreis, a legal analyst and law professor at Georgia State University School of Law, wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Friday. «[Chief Judge William] Pryor was very skeptical.
