Meadows Files Notice of Removal After Georgia Indictment
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On Aug. 15, Donald Trump’s former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows filed a notice of removal from the Fulton County Superior Court in the case of Georgia v. Trump et al to halt all state-court proceedings against him.
In the filing, Meadows asserts that the conduct that the Georgia indictment alleges was unlawful (arranging meetings in the Oval Office, and organizing phone calls for Trump, among others) was simply “part of his service as Chief of Staff” and therefore he is eligible for removal. The removal statute (28 U.S.C. § 1442(a)(1)), “protect[s] the Federal Government from the interference with its operations that would ensue were a State able, for example, to arrest and bring to trial in a State court for an alleged offense against the law of the State, officers and agents of the Federal Government acting within the scope of their authority.”
Meadows also wrote that he intended to file a motion to dismiss the indictment.
You can read the filing here or below:
