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Trump White House Chief Meadows Says His Actions in Georgia Recount Shielded by Federal Law

Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’s motion to remove state racketeering charges to federal court was heard by a federal judge in Atlanta.
Trump White House Chief Meadows Says His Actions in Georgia Recount Shielded by Federal Law
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows speaks during a news briefing in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on July 31, 2020. Alex Wong/Getty Images
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ATLANTA—Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows testified before a federal judge in Atlanta that because his involvement in the disputed presidential election in Georgia was related to his job as a White House official, his case should be tried in federal court.

The Aug. 28 hearing is being closely watched because this is the first time that substantive arguments have been made in court in any of the four criminal cases that have been brought against former President Donald Trump and his fellow defendants this year.