Federal Court Denies Meadows’ Appeal to Move Case

Mark Meadows’ request to have his election interference case in Georgia moved to federal court was denied by a federal appeals court earlier this week.

In a 49-page opinion issued on Monday, Chief Judge William Pryor of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11^th Circuit ruled that the federal removal statute “does not apply to former federal officers, and even if it did, the events leading to this criminal action were not related to Meadows’s official duties.”

“Even if Meadows were considered ‘an officer,’ his involvement in an alleged conspiracy to overturn a presidential election was not related to his official duties,” Pryor wrote, confirming the earlier decision by U.S. District Judge Steve C. Jones, who rejected Meadows’ attempt to have the case moved to federal court.

Meadows has the option to appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.