A judge rejected on Friday former White House Chief Of Staff Mark Meadows’ request to move his case from Fulton County, Georgia, to federal court, according to court documents.
The judge wrote that Meadows did not sufficiently prove that his actions related to the 2020 presidential election in Georgia were related to his job as former President Donald Trump’s chief of staff.
“As part of his direct and cross examination testimony, Meadows addressed how the overt acts related to his specific federal role as the White Chief of Staff. Ultimately, Meadows concluded that, based on the topics and circumstances discussed in his testimony, he had not done anything outside the scope of his role as the White House Chief of Staff … However, he did admit that there could be activities the President requested which would be outside of the scope of the role,” the documents state.
“Even…
