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Codefendants, former white house chief of staff, mark meadows, filed a motion to have his charges dismissed. the filing -- that quote, as a federal official at the time of the charged conduct, he's immune from state prosecution under the supremacy clause of the federal constitution. all of this as abc reports that meadows told jack smith that he could not recall trump ever declassifying the mar-a-lago documents. even though the former president has insisted that he declassified all the materials before leaving office. and a statement to abc news, a spokesperson without evidence, accused the ju...

Under supremacy clause, immunity, because he was fulfilling his federal duties as the former chief of staff during the time of the alleged conduct, he therefore cannot be held accountable under a state prosecution. whether or not that is successful, i think is something that's being debated right now by lots of folks that i'm speaking to. there are many different opinions on this, some say he had no chance at success on this, and others saying it is not so clear. what i will say is out of all these defendants, meadows likely has the strongest claim to supplement the clause immunity because the...

Georgia election interference case. he's just filed a motion to dismiss the charges against him, citing presidential immunity. the filing reads, quote, as a federal official at the time of the charged conduct, he is immune from state prosecution under the supremacy clause of the federal constitution. the filing reads, meadows also argues that the charges should be dismissed based on the first and 14th amendments. we're going to get reaction on that in just a moment, what that means for the case, perhaps others. but we do want to take a step back for a moment and look at the dangerous game dona...

Being there. he's not gonna get it dismissed. giuliani, on the other hand, i don't think that he can say what he was doing was in further it's of some kind of official role with the president. >> that's the bar, essentially? >> that is really the low bar for removal. from there, it is still fani willis's team that is going to be prosecuting that case, in that courtroom. it doesn't turn into a federal prosecution, it is still a state prosecution. just a little bit down the street, at the federal courthouse. >> if there was ever a case that ought to be transferred, if the statutes gonna mean any...

Here, the legitimacy of a local prosecutor bringing this in a local court, to presented territorial folks from fulton county. >> it's a three card monty, as you suggest, chris. during the impeachment trial, trump was factually ethically morally responsible, but we can't try a former president, despite two centuries of precedent allowing impeachment trials for former officials to take place. but then they said try him in criminal court. well then, he is indicted in federal court and they say, you can't try him because there is -- interspersed with the conduct and now we have a state prosecution...