US EditionTrump’s top aide Meadows testifies at hearing on bid to move Georgia election case to federal court
- Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows is seeking to move his case from Fulton County, Georgia to federal court, arguing that the charges against him were part of his official duties. However, Fulton County District Attorney Fanni Willis argues that Meadows violated the Hatch Act and that the case should remain in the state's hands.
- Meadows is charged with the violation of the Georgia RICO Act and solicitation of violation of oath by public officer. He was part of the phone call between former President Donald Trump and Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, during which Trump asked Raffensperger to find votes in his favor.
- Meadows denies any knowledge of the Trump campaign's efforts to contest the election results and denies writing a memo to delay the election certification. He claims that everything he was accused of doing was done as part of his official duties as chief of staff.
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Brad Raffensperger’s Pulls The Rug From Under Mark Meadows During Testimony In Georgia Election Case
ATLANTA, GA. – A day-long hearing regarding the request made by Mark Meadows, former White House chief of staff under the Trump administration, to transfer the Georgia election interference case to federal court has ended. The hearing took place before US District Judge Steve Jones, who refrained from delivering a ruling on the matter during the proceedings. While addressing the court, Judge Jones noted that the criminal case’s arraignments were…
Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows says Georgia indictment lists actions that were part of his job
ATLANTA (AP) — Mark Meadows testified in court Monday that actions detailed in a sweeping indictment that accuses him of participating in an illegal conspiracy to overturn then-President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss were all part of his job as White House chief of staff.
Trump chief of staff Meadows says actions laid out in Georgia indictment were part of his job
Mark Meadows has testified that actions detailed in a sweeping indictment accusing him of participating in an illegal conspiracy to overturn Donald Trump's 2020 election loss in Georgia were all part of his job as White House chief of staff. Meadows made the claim Monday as part of his argument that the case should be moved from a state court to federal court. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones did not immediately rule. Fulton County District Attorn
Trump chief of staff Meadows denies 2 allegations in Georgia indictment as he takes witness stand
Mark Meadows was Donald Trump’s final chief of staff. He was charged in Georgia with participating, along with Trump, in an illegal scheme to overturn the 2020 election. Meadows argues that his actions fell within the scope of his work as a federal official, and he therefore should be tried in federal court.Getty ATLANTA — Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows took the witness stand at a hearing Monday to deny two of the allegations mad…
Trump chief of staff Meadows denies 2 allegations in Georgia indictment as he takes witness stand
Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows took the witness stand at a hearing Monday to deny two of the allegations made against him in a Georgia indictment accusing him of participating in an illegal scheme to overturn the 2020 election.
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