Trump will not seek to move his Georgia case to federal court -filing

Yet another Trump ally loses bid to move Georgia case to federal court

Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark has lost his bid to have his charges in Georgia removed to federal court, reported The Washington Post on Friday.The decision, made by Judge Steve C. Jones, marks the second time one of former President Donald Trump's co-defendants in the Georgia election racketeering case was defeated in trying to have their case removed. Earlier this month, former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows lost a s…

Clark effort to move Georgia case to federal court rejected - National Zero

Federal judge Steve Jones denied indicted coconspirator Jeffrey Clark’s effort to have his Fulton County, Georgia racketeering case removed to federal court, claiming that he was acting as a federal official while he tried to disenfranchise millions of Georgia voters.  According to Jones’s opinion, Clark was not working in his official capacity as Assistant Attorney General for the Environmental and Natural Resources Division of the Justice Depa…

Ex-Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark can't move Georgia case to federal court, a judge says

ATLANTA (AP) — A judge on Friday rejected a request by former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark to move the Georgia election subversion charges against him from state court to […]

Trump Halts Bid To Move Georgia Case to Federal Court

Former President Donald Trump will no longer seek to move his Georgia criminal election interference case to federal court. The move is a sharp reversal for Trump, who previously sought a venue change based on a federal law that allows criminal proceedings in state court to be brought before a federal court if a defendant is charged in connection with actions they undertook when acting as a federal official. Having the case moved to federal cour…

BREAKING:Trump will not seek to move Georgia case to federal court

The decision from Trump was based "on his well-founded confidence that this Honorable Court intends to fully and completely protect his constitutional right to a fair trial."

Trump won't try to move Georgia case to federal court after judge rejected similar bid by Meadows

If Trump had gotten his case moved to federal court, he could have tried to get the charges dismissed altogether because of federal exemptions for officials.