Former Trump Aide Urges 11th Circuit to Return State Election Interference Case to Federal Court

A lower court judge gave short shrift to former Trump aide Mark Meadows’s arguments about his immunity to state prosecution, lawyers told an appeals court.

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows speaks during a news briefing in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on July 31, 2020. Alex Wong/Getty Images

Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows urged a federal appeals court on Sept. 18 to overturn a federal district judge’s decision to send the election interference prosecution back to a Georgia court.

The new filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit took place after that court canceled expedited oral arguments set for Sept. 15.