11th Circuit Cancels Meadows’s Emergency Hearing After State Ruling Slows Down Prosecution

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals canceled former White House chief’s emergency appeal after a ruling meant his state trial would not be expedited.

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows waits for an interview outside the White House in Washington on Aug. 21, 2020. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

A federal appeals court abruptly canceled expedited oral arguments set for Sept. 15 in an emergency motion by former Trump aide Mark Meadows aimed at staying a federal judge’s decision to remand a racketeering prosecution to a Georgia court.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit nixed the hearing in a Sept. 14 order after lawyers for Mr. Meadows suggested it was no longer necessary in light of a new state court ruling that eliminated the possibility of him going to trial on Oct. 23.