Meadows seeks to move Georgia charges to federal court

Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows aims to move charges from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis's Georgia election case to federal court and ask for their dismissal.

Meadows was one of 18 Trump allies indicted on Monday alongside the former president in relation to his efforts to challenge the 2020 election results in the Peach State. He faces charges under Georgia's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute and for allegedly soliciting an official to violate their oath of office.

In a Tuesday filing in the Northern District of Georgia that The Hill obtained, attorneys for the former Trump official asserted that "Mr. Meadows is entitled to remove this action to federal court because the charges against him plausibly give rise to a federal defense based on his role at all relevant times as the White House Chief of Staff to the President of the United States."

He has further denied wrongdoing and insisted that his assistance to the former president's election challenge was a natural part of his duties as chief of staff.

Trump, for his part, responded furiously to the indictment and has vowed to publish proof that election fraud swayed the outcome of the contest that he says will constitute a "complete exoneration."

He has further contended that Willis's case, like the three prior indictments against him, are part of a broader political witch hunt intended to derail in 2024 presidential campaign.

Ben Whedon is an editor and reporter for Just the News. Follow him on Twitter.