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☆ Mark Meadows fails in bid to move Georgia election case to federal court
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Jack Queen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks to reporters following a television interview, outside the White House in Washington, U.S. October 21, 2020. The law allows a defendant to have their case heard in federal court if the charges against them stem from their official duties. Meadows could have faced a friendlier jury pool in federal court, which draws from a larger and more politically diverse area than Fulton County, Georgia, the Democratic stronghold where the case was filed. Moving to federal court would have also allowed Meadows to argue that he is immune from state prosecution because he was carrying out his duties as a federal official. Meadows, Trump and 17 others were charged in a sprawling indictment in August.

Persons: Mark Meadows, Al Drago, Donald Trump’s, Steve Jones, Meadows, Trump, Joe Biden, Brad Raffensperger, Prosecutors, Kanishka Singh, Jack Queen, Dan Wallis, Noeleen Organizations: White, REUTERS, U.S, District, Fulton, Democratic, Prosecutors, Electoral College, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Fulton County , Georgia, Georgia, Trump, Florida, Washington, New York

☆ Fulton County special grand jury recommended charges against Lindsey Graham, David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Sara Murray Jason Morris Jeremy Herb Marshall Cohen | Sara Murray | Jason Morris | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The special grand jury in Fulton County investigating the 2020 presidential election in Georgia recommended charges against Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and former GOP Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler of Georgia, according to the special counsel grand jury report released Friday. It was up to the district attorney to decide how closely to stick to the special grand jury’s recommendations. Graham, who appeared before the special grand jury last year after a court battle over his testimony, spoke with Georgia election officials after the 2020 election. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney previously released very limited portions of the special grand jury’s final report, holding back the full release until after Willis announced indictments.

Persons: Republican Sen, Lindsey Graham of, David Perdue, Kelly Loeffler, Fani Willis, Donald Trump, Graham, Brad Raffensperger, Raffensperger, “, ” Graham, Graham “, ”, President Trump, Perdue, Trump, Brian Kemp, Loeffler, Kemp, Willis, Trump’s, Robert McBurney Organizations: CNN, Republican, GOP Sens, Georgia, Trump, Democratic, Committee, Georgia Gov, Raffensperger Locations: Fulton County, Georgia, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Atlanta, South Carolina

A potential case against Mr. Graham, for example, would have been hampered by the fact that there were conflicting accounts of telephone calls he made to a top Georgia official. Mr. Graham has repeatedly said that he did nothing wrong. Fulton County prosecutors indicated in court filings last year that they were interested in those calls by Mr. Graham, a onetime critic of Mr. Trump who became a staunch supporter. Mr. Raffensperger has said that in those calls, Mr. Graham suggested the rejection of all mail-in votes from Georgia counties with high rates of questionable signatures, a step that would have excluded many more Democratic votes than Republican ones. A few weeks after the calls, Mr. Trump followed up with a call of his own to Mr. Raffensperger on Jan. 2, 2021, saying that he wanted to “find” roughly 12,000 votes, enough to reverse his loss in Georgia.

Persons: Graham, Mr, Trump, Brad Raffensperger, Raffensperger, Graham’s, “, Donald Trump, Trump’s Organizations: Georgia, Democratic, Republican Locations: Fulton, Georgia

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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☆ I Can’t Keep Trump Off the Ballot
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Brad Raffensperger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks to reporters following a television interview, outside the White House in Washington, U.S. October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Al Drago/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges in the Georgia election subversion case, joining two other allies of former President Donald Trump. Meadows went from being one of Trump's top Republican allies in the U.S. House of Representatives to becoming his White House chief of staff. Meadows attended White House meetings related to attempts to undo Trump's election defeat. Eastman represented Trump in a long-shot lawsuit to overturn voting results in four states Trump lost in 2020.

Persons: Mark Meadows, Al Drago, Donald Trump, John Eastman, Jeffrey Clark, Trump's, Democrat Joe Biden, Trump, Meadows, Frances Watson, Fulton, Brad Raffensperger, Eastman, Jack Smith's, Mike Pence, Biden, Clark, Jeffrey Rosen, Smith, Rosen, Rudy Giuliani, Doina Chiacu Organizations: White, REUTERS, Rights, White House, Fulton County Superior Court, Republican, Democrat, U.S . House, Trump, U.S, Electoral College, Justice Department, Department, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Georgia, Meadows, Fulton County, U.S, Georgia's Fulton

CNN —Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and five other defendants charged in the election interference case in Fulton County pleaded not guilty Tuesday and waived their arraignments in new court filings. Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department official who is similarly seeking to move his case to federal court, also pleaded not guilty in a court filing. He also urged Georgia state lawmakers to appoint fake GOP electors to replace the legitimate slate of Democratic electors. Shafer has previously claimed that the fake electors scheme came at the direction of Trump and the Trump campaign. Shafer and Latham are also seeking to move their cases from state court to federal court.

Persons: Mark Meadows, Misty Hampton –, Fani Willis, Meadows, Brad Raffensperger, Jeffrey Clark, Clark, Trump, John Eastman, Sen, Shawn Still, Cathy Latham, David Shafer, Eastman, Mike Pence, Joe Biden’s, Latham, Willis ’, Shafer Organizations: CNN, Former White House, Trump, Justice Department, Justice, Department, Pro, Georgia GOP, Electoral, Democratic, Republicans, Peach, Electoral College, Georgia State Capitol, Biden Locations: Fulton County, Coffee, Georgia, Coffee County, Peach State, Fulton

☆ Brian Kemp, Raphael Warnock and Georgia’s Post-Trump Present - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Stephen Fowler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Georgia is, of course, also the place where Donald Trump called and asked a Republican to “find” votes. And Georgia is the place where the Fulton County district attorney, Fani Willis, filed criminal charges that led to the indictment of Mr. Trump and 18 others for a conspiracy to subvert the 2020 election. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, one of Mr. Trump’s most enduring defenders representing one of the country’s more conservative districts, posted an image of an American flag upside down, signaling distress. And in one second-floor wing of Georgia’s State Capitol, a pair of Republican executives most likely shed few tears. “The 2020 election in Georgia was not stolen,” Mr. Kemp said last month on social media in response to Mr. Trump’s claims that he would unveil a report demonstrating the state’s election was fraudulent.

Persons: Donald Trump, “, Fani Willis, Mr, Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Brian Kemp, Brad Raffensperger, ” Mr, Kemp, Trump’s, Raffensperger, ” Organizations: Democrats, Republicans, Republican, Republican Party, American, Gov Locations: . Georgia, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta

☆ Rudy Giuliani loses defamation lawsuit from two Georgia election workers
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Katelyn Polantz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A federal judge has determined Rudy Giuliani forfeits the defamation lawsuit from two Georgia election workers against him, a decision that could lead to significant penalties for the former Donald Trump attorney. Giuliani has been struggling financially, buried under 2020 election legal proceedings, a new criminal case against him in Georgia related to efforts to overturn the election and other matters. He has pleaded not guilty to the criminal charges in Georgia and has been released from jail on bond. Late last month, Giuliani conceded that he made defamatory statements about Freeman and Moss and that he didn’t contest their accusations that he had smeared them after the 2020 election. Georgia election officials have debunked Giuliani’s accusations of fraud during the ballot counting.

Persons: Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump, Giuliani, Ruby Freeman, Shaye Moss, Beryl Howell, Moss, Howell, Freeman, Trump, ” Freeman, Brad Raffensperger, scammer ”, ” “, ” Moss, “, I’ll, ’ Organizations: CNN, DC, Freeman, New, Trump, Moss, FBI Locations: Georgia, New York, Atlanta, United States

Atlanta CNN —Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows rolled the dice on Monday with his opening move in the sprawling Fulton County election subversion trial: he took the stand himself. If the judge agrees, the trial could end up moving from state court to federal court, a more advantageous legal spot for Meadows. The former chief of staff also grew somewhat exasperated as the prosecutor questioned why his role would include setting up a call to settle private litigation. “There is a role for the chief of staff to make sure those campaign goals and objectives are implemented at the federal level,” Meadows argued. Meadows quipped, “I can’t imagine I would be chief of staff for President Biden.”

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☆ Why Mark Meadows wants an Obama-appointed judge to oversee his Georgia indictment
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Mark Meadows wants his criminal case moved to federal court, under an Obama-appointed judge. A federal judge may be more sympathetic to arguments that he's immune from the case, experts say. Meadows, Clark, and several other defendants have asked to have their cases removed to federal court. "A federal court judge might be more sympathetic to some of their federal constitutional defenses that they might want to raise," Ratakonda told Insider. A state court proceeding would also take in jurors from Fulton County, which voted overwhelmingly for Biden in 2020.

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In special counsel Jack Smith’s election subversion case, Trump’s bid to put the trial off until after the election appears to have failed. Meanwhile, the criminal case against Trump in New York is also scheduled for March. For instance, prosecutor Molly Gaston pointedly confronted Trump attorney John Lauro with his own public statements during the hearing Monday. Chutkan, who early in the case against Trump made plain her decisions would be clear and final, told Lauro, “Mr. “I take seriously the request that Mr. Trump be treated like any other defendant, and I intend to do so,” Chutkan said.

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☆ A dramatic day in prospect Monday as Trump cases enter new phase
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Almost as soon as Trump left Atlanta after surrendering at the Fulton County jail Thursday, his team began to monetize his mug shot. Meadows to provide first major test of Georgia caseThe hearing in Georgia that could yield major revelations does not involve Trump directly, but rather Meadows. Meadows and Trump are among 19 co-defendants in a vast racketeering case built by Willis. Extensive pre-trial litigation in the Georgia case could also end up frustrating attempts by Willis, who initially sought a March 2024 trial date, to bring the case before the 2024 election. Trump’s attorneys are also arguing that Smith’s proposed timeline for the trial would conflict with other criminal and civil cases in which the former president is embroiled.

Persons: Donald Trump, Fani Willis, Mark Meadows, George Conway, Meadows, Tanya Chutkan, Jack Smith, Trump’s, Joe Biden, Smith, Trump, Biden, –, Willis ., Brad Raffensperger, Willis, Chris Christie, “, ” Christie, Jamie Raskin, ” Raskin, CNN’s Dana, ”, Raskin, Chutkan, Smith’s Organizations: CNN, Republican, Trump, White House, Atlanta, Biden, Former New Jersey Gov, GOP, CBS, Trump . Maryland Democratic, Capitol, Democratic, Union, Trump’s Locations: Georgia, Washington, Fulton County, Meadows, Trump, Iowa, United, Willis, Willis . Georgia, “ State, Florida, Manhattan

☆ NYT's Maggie Haberman says Trump gave a 'menacing' stare in his mugshot because he 'doesn't want to look weak'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Maggie Haberman said Trump made a "menacing" face in his mugshot to dispel any notion of weakness. "He doesn't want to look weak, and that's what that's about." Last week, Trump posted on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, for the first time since January 2021. Tapper then asked Haberman if she could explain how Trump seeking to overturn his 2020 presidential loss in Georgia and pressing Gov. "And that has been how he has operated, for decade after decade after decade, through business failures, through bankruptcies of his casinos, through losses, through products failing, through divorces."

Persons: Maggie Haberman, Trump, Jake Tapper, Donald Trump, Haberman, Elon Musk, Tapper, Brian Kemp, Brad Raffensperger, didn't Organizations: Saturday, Service, York Times, Jail, CNN, Republican, Twitter, X Corp, Politico Locations: Wall, Silicon, Fulton, Atlanta, Georgia

This will be the first time that substantive arguments will be made in court about the four criminal cases brought against Trump this year. While he may still face an uphill battle to move his case, Meadows is “uniquely situated” in Willis’ case, said Steve Vladeck, a CNN analyst and professor at the University of Texas School of Law. The orders the judge has already issued have hewed tightly to the relevant statutes and case law, and he has moved the proceedings along efficiently. According to the grand jury indictment, Meadows arranged a call between Trump and Watson, and texted Watson himself to offer Trump campaign funding toward speeding up a ballot review in Fulton County. Willis also subpoenaed two lawyers who were on the Trump-Raffensperger phone call on Trump’s behalf: Kurt Hilbert and Alex Kaufman.

Persons: Fani Willis, Donald Trump, Mark Meadows, Fulton, Willis, Trump, Brad Raffensperger, Meadows, David Shafer, Cathy Latham, Willis ’, Steve Vladeck, ” Vladeck, Steve Jones, Jones, absented, ”, Lee Kovarsky, ” Kovarsky, Obama, Vladeck, Frances Watson, Watson, texted Watson, Kurt Hilbert, Alex Kaufman, “, Elliot Williams, ’ Organizations: CNN, White, Trump, Georgia, Georgia Republican, University of Texas School of Law, Meadows, Staff, University of Texas, Justice Department Locations: Fulton County, Georgia, Meadows, Trump’s New York, Manhattan, Atlanta

The July indictment accused Mr. Trump, Mr. De Oliveira and Mr. Nauta of trying to delete Mar-a-Lago security footage. The government had requested a trial date in December, while Mr. Trump’s lawyers asked for an indefinite postponement. Once he was sworn in as president, Mr. Trump reimbursed Mr. Cohen. Rather than publish her account, the tabloid suppressed it in cooperation with Mr. Trump and Mr. Cohen, prosecutors say. Ms. Maddock, who has close ties to Mr. Trump and is married to Matt Maddock, a state representative, accused Ms. Nessel of “a personal vendetta.”“This is part of a national coordinated” effort to stop Mr. Trump, she added.

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☆ Donald Trump to surrender in Atlanta in fourth criminal case brought against ex-president this year
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Devan Cole | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Washington CNN —Former President Donald Trump will surrender on Thursday to be booked on more than a dozen charges stemming from his efforts to reverse Georgia’s 2020 election results, the fourth time this year the former president has faced criminal charges. Trump is expected to travel from his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club to Atlanta to turn himself in at the notorious Fulton County jail. And earlier this month, Trump was placed under arrest in Washington, DC, and arraigned on charges brought by Smith in his investigation into attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Trump falsely claimed victory after the 2020 election, and then tried to overturn the results in Georgia and other states. In a series of phone calls, he pressured Georgia election officials to help his efforts, including Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Drew Findling, Steven Sadow, Sadow, ”, Jack Smith’s, Smith, Fani Willis, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, John Eastman, Willis, Brad Raffensperger, Joe Biden’s, Mike Pence Organizations: Washington CNN, CNN, Fulton, Trump, Peach State, Electoral Locations: Bedminster , New Jersey, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, New York, Miami, Washington ,, Peach

☆ Mark Meadows and Jeffrey Clark can’t avoid arrest in Georgia election subversion case, judge rules
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Tierney Sneed | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —A federal judge on Wednesday rejected efforts by former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and ex-Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark to avoid arrest if they fail to turn themselves in by Friday’s deadline in the Georgia election subversion case. US District Judge Steve Jones declined the emergency requests by Meadows and Clark, who are both trying to move Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ prosecution to federal court. Meadows argued he should be allowed to avoid processing in the Fulton County election subversion case that has been brought against former President Donald Trump and 18 others ahead of a hearing scheduled Monday. Such rulings would require state court proceedings for entire case – for all the defendants – to automatically be paused and moved to federal court, Clark argued in court filings earlier this week. She submitted to the federal court a state court ruling during those proceedings that described the special grand jury as criminal in nature.

Persons: Mark Meadows, Jeffrey Clark, Steve Jones, Fani Willis, Meadows, Donald Trump, ” Jones, Jones, Willis, ” Willis ’, Clark, Defendant Clark, ” Willis, ’ Willis, “, –, Trump, Brad Raffensperger, ” Organizations: CNN, Trump White House, Justice, Fulton County Authorities, Staff, Trump, Georgia, White House Locations: Georgia, Meadows, Clark, Fulton County, Fulton, United States, Atlanta, Trump, ’, enjoin

☆ Analysis: A remarkable day at Fulton County jail as Trump's surrender looms
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

And yet, the flurry of activity on Tuesday in Fulton County, Georgia, showed that more than two years after Trump’s effort to defy the will of voters, the wheels of justice are grinding forward and that consequences may be nearing. Eastman later defiantly claimed the country had crossed a “Rubicon” in the Georgia case and declared he still believed the election was stolen – despite a mountain of evidence to the contrary. And Rudy Giuliani, the hero of 9/11, is set to meet with the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office on Wednesday to discuss a bond agreement, sources told CNN. What the Fulton County theatrics say about the caseThe events unfolding at the Fulton County jail this week are important because they shed light on the contours and complexity of the Georgia case. He also visited the site of a post-election audit in Cobb County, Georgia.

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☆ Judge denies Trump ex-chief Mark Meadows' bid to avoid arrest in Georgia election case
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The motion also proposed a second option: that the federal court could simply issue an order barring Willis from arresting Meadows prior to next week's hearing. The order from Judge Steve Jones in U.S. District Court in Atlanta came shortly after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis urged the judge to reject Meadows' request. A judge on Wednesday denied former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows' bid to quickly move the Georgia election interference case to federal court in order to avoid arrest . I gave 2 weeks for people to surrender themselves to the court," Willis wrote in an email Tuesday morning. Earlier Wednesday, Kenneth Chesebro, another co-defendant in the Georgia case, filed a motion in Fulton County Superior Court demanding a speedy trial.

Persons: Mark Meadows, Meadows, Jones, Willis, Donald Trump, Steve Jones, Fani Willis, Joe Biden's, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Trump, Brad Raffensperger, Kenneth Chesebro Organizations: GOP, 118th, Washington , D.C, Court, White House, State, New, New York City, Trump, Georgia Locations: Washington ,, Meadows, Fulton County, U.S, Atlanta, Georgia, State of Georgia, New York

☆ Trump ex-chief Mark Meadows asks judge to protect him from arrest as he seeks to move Georgia case to federal court
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows asked a federal judge Tuesday to immediately move the Georgia criminal election interference case out of state court in order to protect him from being arrested, court filings showed. As an alternative, the federal court could simply issue an order barring Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from arresting Meadows this week, his attorney proposed in the 19-page filing. Meadows and 18 other co-defendants in Willis' case, including Trump, face a Friday deadline to surrender to jail. Meadows seeks to move the state-level case to federal court. But Moran argued that Meadows "would be irreparably injured if the state criminal proceeding is not stopped."

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☆ Meadows seeks dismissal of Georgia charges against him
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks to reporters following a television interview, outside the White House in Washington, U.S. October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Al Drago/File Picture Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows is asking a federal court to dismiss Georgia state criminal charges against him stemming from former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 U.S. presidential election, according to a court document. Meadows claims that his alleged actions, including participating with Trump in a phone call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, should be immune from state prosecution because they were performed in his capacity as a federal official. "The conduct charged here falls squarely within the scope of Mr. Meadows's duties as chief of staff and the federal policy underlying that role," Meadows' attorneys said in the filing. The document also claimed protection for Meadows under the First and 14th amendments to the Constitution.

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☆ A former Giuliani mayoral staffer says Fani Willis will be talked about as a future Georgia governor or vice president if she convicts Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An ex-Giuliani staffer told Politico that Fani Willis will be a "superstar" if she convicts Trump. Giuliani during an appearance on Newsmax earlier this week firmly rejected Willis' use of RICO statutes in the Georgia case. Since November 2020, Trump has cast doubt on now-President Joe Biden's 2020 victory in Georgia, despite no evidence of voting irregularities and vote counts affirming the final results. After decades of GOP dominance on the presidential level, Georgia backed Biden by roughly 12,000 votes out of 5 million ballots cast. Shortly after the 2020 election, Trump pushed Gov.

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☆ Trump may try to move the Fulton County criminal case to federal court. Here’s why
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Devan Cole | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The former president is also expected to try to move the case to federal court, according to multiple sources familiar with his legal team’s thinking. Successfully transferring their cases to federal court could provide some key advantages. Should the case actually go to trial in the federal court, Trump and Meadows or others could end up with a jury pool more sympathetic than the one they might get from around Atlanta, where the state courthouse for this case is based. Trump and Meadows could also argue in federal court that they are protected because their efforts were part of their official duties as president and White House chief of staff, respectively. He’s citing a federal law that allows civil action or criminal prosecution to be removed to federal court if the lawsuit or prosecution relates to conduct performed “under color” of a US office or agency.

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I mean, this is not even possible,” Trump said on Fox Business. Thursday evening, however, Trump wrote on Truth Social that the event was “no longer necessary” because his legal team would present the evidence to support his claims in court. Trump had informed a few of his advisers about the press event he announced for Monday at 11 a.m. at his Bedminster golf club. Trump has made false claims about election fraud for nearly three years without proof. Harrington has been a serial promoter of lies about the 2020 election, as CNN has reported.

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