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Judge deals Mark Meadows a serious blow, will not allow case to be moved

September 9, 2023 | | Print Article

Both former Trump administration official Mark Meadows and former President Donald Trump are, for the time being, facing some deep legal trouble.

As previously reported, both were indicted with RICO charges by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis last month. Fulton County is an extremely left-wing jurisdiction.

In response, Meadows tried to convince a judge to allow him to move his case from the left-wing county and into federal court so he could get the case dismissed.

“Meadows had hoped a move to federal court could lead to a quick dismissal of the case against him because he had argued to [U.S. District Judge Steve C.] Jones that as a federal officer, he is immune from prosecution for acts taken in the course of his normal work,” The Washington Post reported Friday.

Trump’s team likewise indicated that they would follow suit were Meadows successful in his endeavor. Had the effort worked, Meadows and Trump would have likely both been easily able to beat the charges. But sadly, the attempt to move the case didn’t work.

“A federal judge denied a request Friday from former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to move the Georgia election-interference case against him from state to federal court, a shift he had sought on the grounds that he was a federal officer at the time of the actions that led to his indictment,” according to the Post.

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“The ruling by … Jones in the Atlanta-based Northern District of Georgia represents a setback for Meadows, who had asked for removal under a federal law that allows people charged with crimes while carrying out their official duties to be prosecuted in federal court, even in cases involving state law and state prosecutors.”

Jones specifically ruled that the actions  “at the heart of the State’s charges against Meadows were taken on behalf of the Trump campaign with the ultimate goal of affecting state election activities and procedures.”

“Meadows himself testified that working for the Trump campaign would be outside the scope of a White House Chief of Staff,” he added.

“Jones [also] made a reference to Trump’s now-famous Jan. 2, 2021, phone call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R), seeking to ‘find’ enough voters to reverse Trump’s defeat in the state. He said the call ‘was made regarding private litigation’ brought by Trump and his campaign, and therefore outside of Meadows’s — and presumably Trump’s — federal role,” the Post notes.

Meadows’ lawyers have since reportedly filed a notice to appeal the ruling to the 11th Circuit, which the Post notes is “a notably conservative court that could view the issue differently from Jones.”

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Jones’ decision is likely to also affect the decision for four of Meadows’ co-defendants who are also seeking to move their cases to federal court.

Responding to Jones’s decision, leftists have been screeching and hollering in glee:

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However, conservatives have been pushing back on them by noting that for every action, there’s always an equal and opposite reaction.

“Jailing people for questioning the result of an election is opening up a can of worms I doubt you can handle,” one conservative critic tweeted.

“Especially from a side who censored imperative information from the American people before a presidential election. If Trump committed treason than surely your side deserves much worse. Just understand the rules of the game before you play it!” the critic added.

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“You understand the pendulum effect of all this, right?” another critic tweeted.

See more pushback below:

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