Meadows Appeals Refusal To Delay His Surrender

From a motion filed this morning by Meadows’ lawyers:

District Attorney Fani Willis has made clear that she intends to arrest Mr. Meadows before this Court’s Monday hearing and has rejected out of hand a reasonable request to defer one business day until after this Court’s hearing.

Absent this Court’s intervention, Mr. Meadows will be denied the protection from arrest that federal law affords former federal officials, and this Court’s prompt but orderly consideration of removal will be frustrated.

The Court should therefore grant removal immediately and so notify the state court, or in the alternative, should enter an order prohibiting District Attorney Willis from arresting Mr. Meadows ahead of the evidentiary hearing this Court scheduled for Monday, August 28, at 10:00 A.M.

Willis has said she will issue arrest warrants for anyone who fails to surrender by 12:30PM on Friday, which is 30 minutes after her deadline.