Appeals court rejects Mark Meadows’ attempt to move Georgia election subversion case to federal court

A federal appeals court has rejected former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’ attempt to move his Georgia election interference criminal case to federal court.

In a 47-page opinion issued Monday, a three-judge panel of the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with a lower-court’s ruling that Meadows could not use a federal statute to move his prosecution to a federal court in Georgia.

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