Judge denies Mark Meadows' bid to move Georgia election interference case to federal court
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Waives his right to an in-person arraignment hearing in the matter
The filing means Trump won’t return to Atlanta on Wednesday, where Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, who is overseeing the proceedings, has scheduled a series of arraignment hearings for Trump and the 18 co-defendants in the sprawling criminal racketeering case.
While a federal judge was fast-tracking the start of former President Donald Trump’s election interference trial in Washington on Monday, the sprawling prosecution of Trump and 18 co-defendants by the district attorney in Fulton County, Georgia, on similar state charges showed signs of slowing to a slog in Atlanta. The two cases, stemming from the efforts of Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election, rely on many of the same facts, documents and witnesses. But as Monday’s
Analysis of a remaining question in Georgia v. Mark Meadows. Whether at least one (but not all) overt acts in a RICO conspiracy taken under color of federal office would trigger removal of the trial to federal court.