Meadows makes 'strong argument' in motion to move Georgia RICO case to federal court: ex-U.S. attorney

One day after a Fulton County Superior Court grand jury indicted former President Donald Trump and 18 others, including his ex-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on charges related to their attempt to overturn the 2020 election, Meadows wants the case to be moved to federal court "with the goal of having the charges against him dismissed," Politico reports.

Per Politico, "The charges against him, his lawyers said, amount to 'state interference in a federal official's duties' in violation of the Constitution's supremacy clause. Meadows intends to file a separate request for 'prompt dismissal' of the charges, his lawyers added."

The former chief of staff "filed his motion in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, where his request was assigned to Judge Steve Jones," an ex-President Barack Obama appointee, according to Politico.

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CNN's Anderson Cooper spoke with former U.S. Attorney for the middle district of Georgia Michael Moore Tuesday about Meadows' request.

"Michael, does it make sense legally that mark meadows because of his position in the federal government at the time would want to be in federal court?" Cooper asked.

"Yeah, it's a good motion to make, and I don't blame him for making it," Moore replied. "Basically, there's a removal statute that allows somebody who's charged with a crime if they were a federal official that involved their federal duties to ask that the case be transferred, so there is a limited number of defendants I think you may see with that opportunity. I've expected this from Trump all along. Really when you look at the indictment, there are all of these acts; there's 161 acts that they're talking about in furtherance of the conspiracy — 154 occurred while he was a sitting President of the United States. That's a pretty strong argument to make that maybe the case should move to federal court as it relates to the former president and, of course, you know, Mark Meadows was his chief of staff and what more can you -- how much more could you be involved in the federal government being the chief of staff for the president?"

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