Meadows Loses Appeal To Move Trial To Federal Court

USA Today reports:

A federal appeals court refused Wednesday to reconsider former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’ request to move his Georgia racketeering charges to federal court, where he has argued the charges should be dismissed.

Meadows, one of former President Donald Trump’s 14 remaining co-defendants in the case, had argued that he should be shielded from state charges because his actions that resulted in charges were part of his federal job.

But a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected his request. Meadows then asked the full 11th Circuit to consider his request – and he was unanimously rejected.

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