{"id":2014304,"date":"2023-08-28T14:01:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T18:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-meadows-testifies-for-hours-monday-in-georgia-rico-case\/"},"modified":"2023-08-28T14:01:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T18:01:55","slug":"mark-meadows-testifies-for-hours-monday-in-georgia-rico-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-meadows-testifies-for-hours-monday-in-georgia-rico-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Meadows testifies extensively in Georgia RICO case on Monday."},"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\">20<\/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-testifies-for-hours-monday-in-georgia-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=2014304&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 \u200cMeadows Takes the \u200bStand in Trump Case, Argues \u2062for Federal Court<\/h2>\n<p>Mark \u200dMeadows, former chief of staff \u2064for President Donald\u2063 Trump, made a compelling case on Monday as he testified in the \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-ducks-emergency-appeal-in-tennessee-abortion-case\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Ducks Emergency Appeal in Tennessee Abortion Case\">ongoing legal battle<\/a> against\u200d Trump in \u200bGeorgia. Meadows\u200d became the first to argue \u200bthat the \u2062case should be moved from state to federal court, \u200cspending nearly three hours on \u2062the witness stand.<\/p>\n<p>Meadows\u2062 emphasized a\u2063 &#8220;federal nexus&#8221; to all of\u200d his actions \u2062following \u200dthe 2020 election,\u2062 asserting that there\u200c was a violation of the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution.\u200c He argued that the removal statute shields\u2062 him against state interference in his duties as\u200c a federal official.<\/p>\n<p>Fulton County\u200b District Attorney \u200bFani\u2064 Willis, \u200bwho brought felony charges against Meadows for alleged involvement in overturning the election results, \u200copposed his motion for removal. Willis contended that Meadows was \u2062not acting\u200b in\u200b his capacity \u2062as a federal \u200dofficial, citing the Hatch Act.<\/p>\n<p>Meadows was determined to seek federal\u2062 removal \u2062and was the first\u2062 of five \u200bco-defendants to do so. He even filed\u2062 an emergency\u200c motion to \u2064prevent his arrest, asserting\u200b his rights to removal. However, the motion \u2064was denied, and Meadows voluntarily surrendered\u200d himself to Fulton County \u200cjail. He was released on $100,000 bail the same\u2064 day.<\/p>\n<p>It is expected that Trump, the leading\u200d contender for the\u200d 2024 GOP nomination, will also attempt to\u200d move his case to federal court. \u2063While\u200b a\u2063 federal\u200d trial \u2063would not grant him the power to pardon himself of \u200dstate\u2062 charges if reelected, \u200bit would offer advantages\u200d such as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-meadows-testifies-for-hours-monday-in-georgia-rico-case\/\" title=\"Mark Meadows testifies extensively in Georgia RICO case on Monday.\">wider jury selection \u2064pool<\/a> \u200cand a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elizabeth-holmes-jury-says-its-deadlocked-on-3-of-11-criminal-charges-in-theranos-fraud-trial\/\" title=\"Elizabeth Holmes Jury Says It\u2019s Deadlocked on 3 of 11 Criminal Charges in Theranos Fraud Trial\">federal judge presiding<\/a> over the \u200dtrial.<\/p>\n<p>Meadows&#8217; hearing served as a \u200dtest for other co-defendants, including Trump\u200c and former\u2064 Department of Justice official Jeffrey \u200bClark.\u2062 Additionally, it shed light on \u2064Willis&#8217;s broader case against Meadows and the others. Willis subpoenaed\u2064 several individuals, including Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who was \u200bpresent on\u2062 the phone call \u2063where Trump asked to &#8220;find&#8221; \u200benough votes to change \u200cthe election\u2062 outcome.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story and will be updated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Meadows, a co-defendant in the Georgia case against ex-President Donald Trump, testified for nearly three hours on Monday. He became the first to argue that the case should be transferred from state to federal court. 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