A federal judge shot down a Wednesday attempt by Mark Meadows, who served as former President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, to delay his pending Fulton County, Georgia, arrest and move his trial into federal court, USA Today reported.
Meadows is one of the 19 individuals indicted pursuant to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ racketeering case against Trump and his inner circle for his alleged attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Meadows and fellow Trump administration official Jeffrey Clark asked U.S. District Judge Steve Jones to intervene and prevent Willis from arresting them after the established deadline, Friday at noon, passes, but Jones rejected the requests, according to USA Today.
Both men argued that their cases ought to be adjudicated in a federal court because they were operating as officials of the executive branch, thereby removing them from state jurisdiction in Willis’ large racketeering case against them and the other defendants. Jones agreed with Willis’ assertion that neither defendant’s request had merit, according to USA Today.
.@JonathanTurley on Trump GA Indictment: “It’s…dangerous. It essentially criminalizes challenges to elections.”
Sounds authoritarian. pic.twitter.com/wQ4grLy3Qz
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