Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows Files Motion to Move Fulton County Election Interference Case to Federal Court

Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows has filed a motion to move the Fulton County election interference case to federal court. Meadows, one of the co-defendants charged with racketeering in the Georgia 2020 election probe, is citing a federal law that allows U.S. officers to remove civil actions or criminal prosecutions.

In a 14-page filing, Meadows argued that the charges in the indictment pertain to actions he took while he served in the Trump administration. Former Rep. David Jolly (R-Fla.) said that Meadows is not someone who wants to go to prison for Donald Trump, and that he believes Meadows has already provided damaging information when questioned.

Meadows was Trump’s White House chief of staff for much of his final year in office, and was in that role as Trump worked to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The conduct giving rise to the charges in the indictment all occurred during his tenure and as part of his service as Chief of Staff,” Meadows’ lawyers wrote.

Meadows has been largely silent in public for months, and was barely mentioned in the Jan. 6 indictment against Trump. He has the right to remove the matter to federal court, and his motion is currently pending. It is unclear at this time what the outcome of the motion will be.

The Fulton County election interference case is ongoing, and the outcome of the motion to move the case to federal court is yet to be determined. It remains to be seen what the implications of the motion will be for Meadows and the other co-defendants.