Judge Denies Meadows’s Motion to Prevent State Conviction While Federal Appeal Continues

A federal judge denied former Trump White House chief Mark Meadows’s motion to pause an order remanding the racketeering prosecution to state court.

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, then-U.S. representative from North Carolina, speaks to media while other impeachment defense team advisers look on at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 27, 2020. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

A federal judge has denied Mark Meadows’s motion to temporarily stay an order remanding a racketeering prosecution to state court, while the former Trump White House chief of staff appeals it to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.

The new ruling, which is a tactical victory for Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis, a Democrat who initiated the racketeering prosecution, was made public on Sept. 13.