Mark Meadows, ex-chief of staff to former President Donald Trump, wants to move his charges in the Arizona “fake electors” case to federal court, a Wednesday court filing stated.
This will be Meadows’s second attempt to do so, and his legal counsel will argue his actions were taken when he was a federal official working as Trump’s chief of staff, and they will seek dismissal of the charges.
It’s also possible Meadows wants to move his case to federal court to have a failsafe in case he is convicted: Trump’s pardon, if he is elected. The former president will have the power to pardon Meadows in a federal, but not state, case if he is reelected.
U.S. District Judge John Tuchi, who was nominated to the bench by former President Barack Obama, has scheduled a Sept. 5 hearing to consider Meadows’s request. Meadows faces charges in Arizona and Georgia for his role in an…
