A federal judge on Friday rejected a request by Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to move his Georgia election conspiracy criminal case to federal court. The judge in a lengthy order said that Meadows has not met his burden to show that removing the case from Georgia state court was proper under a statute related to legal…
A federal judge on Friday rejected a request by Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to move his Georgia election conspiracy criminal case to federal court.
The judge in a lengthy order said that Meadows has not met his burden to show that removing the case from Georgia state court was proper under a statute related to legal cases against federal officers. Meadows was indicted with Trump and 17 other co-defendants last month on charges related to their efforts to reverse Trump's loss in Georgia's 2020 election to President Joe Biden.
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