{"id":2013983,"date":"2023-08-28T07:15:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T11:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-meadows-court-hearing-is-first-big-test-for-fani-williss-trump-rico-case\/"},"modified":"2023-08-28T07:18:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T11:18:11","slug":"mark-meadows-court-hearing-is-first-big-test-for-fani-williss-trump-rico-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-meadows-court-hearing-is-first-big-test-for-fani-williss-trump-rico-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Meadows court hearing tests Willis&#8217;s Trump RICO case."},"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\">16<\/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%2Fmark-meadows-court-hearing-is-first-big-test-for-fani-williss-trump-rico-case%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=2013983&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>Mark Meadows Fights to \u200dMove Charges to \u2064Federal Court<\/h2>\n<p>Mark Meadows, the former chief of staff for President Donald Trump, is set\u2062 to appear before\u2063 a judge on Monday to argue that the charges \u200cagainst him in Georgia should be moved from \u200dstate to federal court. Meadows is one of 19 co<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-meadows-court-hearing-is-first-big-test-for-fani-williss-trump-rico-case\/\" title=\"Meadows court hearing tests Willis's Trump RICO case.\">-defendants facing felony racketeering \u200bcharges<\/a> for allegedly attempting \u200bto overturn the\u2064 2020 election.\u200d The hearing will take place before U.S. District Judge\u200b Steve C. Jones in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s Next for Trump?<\/h3>\n<p>As the first defendant to make this \u2064case, Meadows&#8217;s hearing will be closely watched. If successful, it could set a precedent for the other co-defendants, including Trump himself. Meadows&#8217;s attorneys argue that the charges against him \u200dare directly related to his \u200brole as Chief of Staff during the Trump administration, making <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-legal-team-makes-another-request-to-move-manhattan-criminal-case-to-federal-court\/\" title=\"Trump's lawyers seek to transfer Manhattan criminal case to federal court again.\">federal removal<\/a> appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>Meadows is not the only co-defendant seeking federal removal. Four others have also filed notices, including Trump. The outcome of Meadows&#8217;s hearing \u2063could provide insight into how the other \u2064defendants may fare.<\/p>\n<p>If federal removal is granted, it would not dismiss\u200d the state charges against Meadows. However, it would allow for a wider \u200dpool of jurors to be selected from outside of Fulton County, which is predominantly Democrat. The \u2064case would \u2063be heard before a federal judge, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lubbock-becomes-largest-city-in-u-s-to-outlaw-abortion\/\" title=\"Lubbock Becomes Largest City In U.S. To Outlaw Abortion\">federal court rules<\/a> would apply, potentially resulting in a non-televised trial.<\/p>\n<p>For Trump, a successful\u2063 move to federal court would not change his inability to pardon himself of\u2063 state charges if he were reelected. Georgia \u2063has an independent\u200d board that grants\u200b pardons, but they can only be \u2063granted five years after completing a sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Meadows has been proactive in seeking federal removal, even\u200d filing an emergency motion to prevent his arrest. \u200dHowever, the motion was denied, and he voluntarily turned himself \u2062in at Fulton County jail. He was released on $100,000 bond the same day.<\/p>\n<p>In the\u200d indictment against Meadows, District Attorney Fani Willis highlighted his involvement in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-indicted-timeline-of-fulton-county-grand-jury-investigation\/\" title=\"Fulton County grand jury investigates and indicts Donald Trump.\">infamous phone call<\/a> between Trump and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, where Trump asked to &#8220;find 11,780 votes&#8221; to\u200b secure a win in Georgia&#8217;s election. \u200dMeadows also sent a text message inquiring about expediting signature verification in Fulton County.<\/p>\n<p>Willis has subpoenaed Raffensperger, lead investigator Frances Watson, and two others familiar with the phone call in preparation for the hearing. She argues that Meadows&#8217;s \u2064attempt\u2062 to move the case to federal court demonstrates his\u2063 disregard for his official duties, as governed by the Hatch Act.<\/p>\n<p>Meadows, however, dismisses this argument \u200cas a &#8220;red herring&#8221; and believes it does not justify a state-level trial.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click \u2062here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Meadows, ex-chief of staff for Donald Trump, will argue in court that charges brought against him by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in Georgia should be transferred from state to federal court. 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