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Former chief of staff Mark Meadows's request to move the charges against him in Georgia to federal court could be a benefit for himself as well as his co-defendants, including former President Donald Trump, if granted.

Mark Meadows, who served as President Donald Trump's chief of staff, took the stand Monday to fight the criminal charges against him in a federal court rather than a Georgia state court.

Georgia state election laws he was interfering with, this is a georgia case. these are georgia election procedures and he was well outside his role as a federal official. the reason why this is not necessarily a slam dunk for fani willis -- im sorry -- for mark meadows is because the federal nexus here is a little bit fuzzy. so fani willis is relying on the hatch act which says that people in mark meadows position cannot campaign. mark meadows is saying, well, i was just arranging phone calls fo...

A federal judge in Atlanta is set to hear arguments Monday on whether Mark Meadows should be allowed to fight the Georgia indictment accusing him of

The former Trump White House chief of staff was charged along with 18 others with illegally attempting to overturn the 2020 election.

Their authority in office. of course, the biggest argument against meadows in this situation is -- you heard the tape there, the recording -- donald trump was not acting as president in that moment. he was talking about the election. he was asking -- >> right. >> -- the secretary of state of georgia to find votes. if meadows was sitting in the meeting or involved in that meeting or other activities like that and he claims he was acting as a federal official, the d.a. is going to say, "well, sir,...

A federal judge in Atlanta is set to hear arguments Monday on whether Mark Meadows should be allowed to fight the Georgia indictment in federal court rather than in a state court.

Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has taken the witness stand to deny two of the allegations against him in a Georgia indictment accusing him of participating in

Interest in accurate, and -- what do you say to that? >> theres a couple answers that are pretty clear. in general, the federal government and certainly the president and his staff do not have any official role in overseeing the presidential election. thats pretty categorically clear that they dont. theres another point to be made on top of that that was made forcefully in an editorial that came out in the last couple days. that is actually being involved in any sort of political process involvi...

Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows testified Monday that President Donald Trump’s January 2021 phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was Meadows’ attempt to resolve Trump’s concerns about voter fraud and “land the plane” on the “whole transfer of power” to Joe Biden.