CNN —Whether they are called district attorneys, state’s attorneys or something else, the job of local prosecutors has traditionally flown under the national political radar.
In fact, unlike the attorney general, a local district attorney cannot be fired by the president.
The lesson for Meadows is that the local district attorney isn’t automatically bound by any deal with the feds.
Willis and Bragg are not the only state prosecutors making headlines this year.
Trump’s legal team is so fearful of state court that they have been fighting to “remove” his New York criminal case to federal court.
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