{"id":2003033,"date":"2023-08-16T20:06:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T00:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-indictment-judge-orders-hearing-on-meadows-request-to-move-case-to-federal-court\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T20:08:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T00:08:34","slug":"donald-trump-indictment-judge-orders-hearing-on-meadows-request-to-move-case-to-federal-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-indictment-judge-orders-hearing-on-meadows-request-to-move-case-to-federal-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge orders hearing on Meadows&#8217; request to transfer Donald Trump&#8217;s indictment to federal court."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdonald-trump-indictment-judge-orders-hearing-on-meadows-request-to-move-case-to-federal-court%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2003033&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A\u2064 Federal Judge Orders Evidentiary Hearing for Mark Meadows&#8217;s Request<\/h2>\n<p>A federal judge has made a significant decision regarding Mark Meadows&#8217;s case in Fulton\u200b County, Georgia. Judge Steve\u2062 C. Jones has ordered an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-huge-win-california-lifts-capacity-limits-on-churches-following-5-rebukes-from-scotus\/\" title=\"\u2018A Huge Win\u2019: California Lifts Capacity Limits On Churches Following 5 Rebukes From SCOTUS\">evidentiary hearing<\/a> to address\u2063 Meadows&#8217;s request to move the case to federal court. This development adds another layer of intrigue \u200bto an already high-profile \u2063legal battle.<\/p>\n<h3>Hearing\u200b Date and Coincidence<\/h3>\n<p>The hearing is scheduled to take place on August 28, which interestingly aligns with\u200b the day\u200b when former President Donald Trump&#8217;s lawyers will be \u200cin\u2062 court in Washington, \u200bD.C. for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/waukesha-parade-attack-spotlights-the-danger-of-left-wing-prosecutors\/\" title=\"Waukesha Parade Attack Spotlights The Danger Of Left-Wing Prosecutors\">separate criminal case<\/a>. It seems that\u2062 both \u2064cases are converging on \u2064the same day, intensifying the legal drama \u2064surrounding Meadows.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The Court concludes the\u2064 face of the Notice of Removal &#8230; and attached \u2064Indictment &#8230; do not clearly indicate that summary remand of this matter \u2063is\u2063 required. No opinion about whether the\u200c removal will\u200d be permitted or on a federal immunity\u200c defense is being made at this time,&#8221; Jones wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Judge Jones has emphasized that this hearing does not determine whether the removal will be allowed or if a federal immunity defense \u2064will be accepted. It is merely a step in the legal process\u2063 to ensure a fair and thorough examination of the case.<\/p>\n<h3>Meadows&#8217;s Motion and Argument<\/h3>\n<p>Mark Meadows, who\u200c previously served as Trump&#8217;s chief of\u2062 staff, filed \u2063a motion to move the indictment against him to federal court. His legal\u200d team argues that since the alleged conduct occurred during his tenure as chief of staff, \u2062he has the right to \u200bhave his portion of the indictment transferred from Fulton County Superior Court.<\/p>\n<p>Meadows must comply \u200cwith the court&#8217;s\u200d order and provide Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis with a copy of the notice\u200d of removal and the order by August 23.<\/p>\n<h3>The Indictment and Accusations<\/h3>\n<p>The 41-count indictment outlines the \u200ballegations\u200c against Meadows. It states\u2062 that he\u2063 met with Georgia\u200d Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger&#8217;s chief investigator, Frances Watson, in Cobb County to discuss an ongoing audit of signature matches. Meadows is charged under the\u200b state&#8217;s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Meadows is not the only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-indictment-judge-orders-hearing-on-meadows-request-to-move-case-to-federal-court\/\" title=\"Judge orders hearing on Meadows' request to transfer Donald Trump's indictment to federal court.\">prominent figure facing charges<\/a>. Attorneys John Eastman and Rudy Giuliani, along with former\u2062 President Trump, are also named \u200bin\u2063 the indictment. Trump himself is charged with 13 counts, including violating the RICO Act. The indictment\u200c accuses the defendants of unlawfully conspiring \u200bto\u200d conduct and \u2064participate in a &#8220;criminal enterprise&#8221; following Trump&#8217;s loss in the 2020 election\u2062 in \u200cGeorgia.<\/p>\n<p>For more details, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">click\u2062 here<\/a> to read the full article from \u2062The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge has granted Mark Meadows&#8217;s request for an evidentiary hearing to transfer his Fulton County, Georgia case to federal court. Judge Steve C. Jones scheduled the hearing for Aug. 28, coinciding with the appearance of former President Donald Trump&#8217;s lawyers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2003034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2003033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2003033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2003034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2003033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2003033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2003033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}