CNN —A federal judge on Friday rejected former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’ bid to move his Georgia criminal case to federal court, a significant setback for Meadows and a troubling sign for former President Donald Trump.
Meadows was the first of five defendants who already filed motions to move the case to federal court – and Trump is expected to do so, too.
‘Outside Meadows’ federal role’The indictment identifies eight overt acts Meadows allegedly took in furtherance of the scheme to overturn the 2020 election results.
Meadows argued that these actions were part of his federal duties – and thus, the case should be moved to federal court – but Jones disagreed.
independent of its conclusion” in the Meadows case, Jones wrote.
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