Meadows Loses Bid to Transfer Georgia Case to Federal Court
- Judge will consider other transfer requests separately
- Defendants looking for a wider jury pool in federal court
Mark Meadows exits the Richard B. Russell Federal Building in Atlanta, Georgia, on Aug. 28.
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A federal judge ruled that Mark Meadows wasn’t acting within the scope of his duties when he joined efforts to reverse Donald Trump’s loss at the ballot box in 2020, dealing a blow to the former White House chief of staff as he faces state criminal charges in Georgia.
US District Judge Steve Jones in Atlanta on Friday denied Meadows’s request to transfer the case to federal court from state court. Had the request been granted, Meadows could have argued that he was immune from state prosecution because his actions related to his job.