A judge has rejected former President Donald Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows’ bid to move his charges in Arizona’s fake elector case to federal court. Monday's decision marked the second time Meadows has failed in trying to get his state charges moved out of state court.
Mark Meadows , left, Stephen Binhak and Jim Eastman appear virtually during a pre-trial hearing in the fake electors case in Maricopa County Superior Court on Wednesday, Aug 28, 2024, in Phoenix. PHOENIX — A judge has rejected a bid by Mark Meadows , chief of staff to former President Donald Trump , to move histo federal court, marking the second time he has failed in trying to get his charges out of state court.
Meadows faces charges in Arizona and Georgia in what authorities allege was an illegal scheme to overturn the 2020 election results in Trump’s favor. He had unsuccessfully tried to move charges in the Georgia case last year. Arizona prosecutors said Meadows’ electioneering efforts weren’t part of his official duties at the White House.The Arizona indictment says Meadows confided to a White House staff member in early November 2020 that Trump had lost the election. Prosecutors say Meadows also had arranged meetings and calls with state officials to discuss the fake elector conspiracy.
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