Two amicus briefs were submitted on Monday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in the case The State of Georgia v. Mark R. Meadows. One brief concludes that Meadows’s case is not entitled to removal to federal court. The other brief concludes that Meadows’s request to dismiss his case based on […]
On Friday, September 8, U.S. District Judge Steve C. Jones in the Northern District of Georgia ruled against Mark Meadows’s request to have his criminal 2020 election interference case be moved from state court to federal court. Meadows is one of 19 defendants, including former President Donald Trump, who was criminally charged by Fulton County District Attorney […]
On Monday, federal district court Judge Steve C. Jones held an evidentiary hearing on Mark Meadows’s effort to remove Fulton County, Georgia’s prosecution of him in the Georgia 2020 presidential election interference case from Georgia state court to federal court. Judge Jones requested supplemental briefing on the following issue: “Count 1 of the Indictment (pertaining […]
A new report on Just Security provides, in “Frequently Asked Questions” (FAQ) form, detailed information on the efforts of five defendants to remove their cases to federal court in the Georgia 2020 election interference case brought by Fulton County DA Fani Willis this month, and other general and specific background on the issue of removal. “Defendants bear […]
On Monday, August 28, at 10:00 AM EDT, federal district court Judge Steve C. Jones will hold an evidentiary hearing to evaluate a filing by former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows to remove his case in the Georgia 2020 presidential election interference case from state court to federal court. Meadows is one of 19 defendants […]
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