"Appeals Court Denies Mark Meadows' Attempt to Move Georgia Election Case to Federal Court"

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"Appeals Court Denies Mark Meadows' Attempt to Move Georgia Election Case to Federal Court"
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Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows cannot move charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia to federal court, according to a ruling by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The court affirmed a lower court opinion, stating that the law allowing federal officials to move a case to federal court does not apply to former officials. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who brought the case, is seeking to try the remaining defendants in a single trial in a Georgia state court.

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