{"id":2026509,"date":"2023-09-08T23:41:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T03:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-denies-meadowss-request-to-transfer-georgia-racketeering-case-to-federal-court\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T23:42:50","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T03:42:50","slug":"judge-denies-meadowss-request-to-transfer-georgia-racketeering-case-to-federal-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-denies-meadowss-request-to-transfer-georgia-racketeering-case-to-federal-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Meadows&#8217;s plea to move Georgia racketeering case to federal court denied by judge."},"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\">26<\/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%2Fjudge-denies-meadowss-request-to-transfer-georgia-racketeering-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=2026509&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--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>A Victory\u2063 for Fulton\u200d County: Judge\u200d Rejects Meadows&#8217;s Motion<\/h2>\n<p>A federal judge \u2062has delivered a blow to former Trump White House chief\u2062 of staff Mark Meadows by rejecting his motion to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-denies-meadowss-request-to-transfer-georgia-racketeering-case-to-federal-court\/\" title=\"Meadows's plea to move Georgia racketeering case to federal court denied by judge.\">hear state racketeering charges<\/a> from Georgia in \u200bfederal\u2064 court.<\/p>\n<p>This ruling\u200d is a\u2062 significant win for Fulton\u200d County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis, a Democrat, \u2063who initiated\u2062 the racketeering prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>Judge \u200dSteve C. Jones of the Northern District of Georgia made the decision \u200con \u2063Sept. 8, stating that he \u200dlacked jurisdiction in the matter and \u2063that the case should be sent back to\u200b Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/fulton-county-grand-jury-recommended-charges-against-sen-lindsey-graham-2-former-gop-senators-5488295\">Fulton County Grand\u200d Jury Recommended Charges\u2062 Against Sen. Lindsey\u200c Graham, \u20622 Former GOP Senators<\/a><br \/>\n        <br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">9\/8\/2023<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/sen-lindsey-graham-reacts-after-fulton-county-grand-jury-recommended-criminal-charges-5488462\">Sen. Lindsey Graham\u200b Reacts After \u200dFulton\u200b County Grand \u2064Jury\u2064 Recommended\u200c Criminal Charges<\/a><br \/>\n        <br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">9\/8\/2023<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Judge Jones, who \u2063was appointed by President Barack Obama in\u200c 2011, addressed the \u200bmatter in a 49-page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/67694389\/69\/the-state-of-georgia-v-meadows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">order<\/a>. \u200cHe concluded that Meadows had not met his burden \u200dof proof and \u2064therefore \u200cdeclined to assume\u200d jurisdiction\u2063 over the state&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-exclusive-system-glitch-also-uncovered-in-wisconsin-reversal-of-swapped-votes-removes-lead-from-joe-biden\/\" title=\"BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: System 'Glitch' Also Uncovered In Wisconsin - Reversal of Swapped Votes Removes Lead from Joe Biden\">criminal prosecution<\/a>, remanding the\u2062 case to\u2063 Fulton County Superior Court.<\/p>\n<p>The judge had asked for additional \u200bbriefing from both the defense and state prosecutors regarding the possibility of hearing the case in federal court if a\u2064 single overt act\u2063 committed by Meadows was protected \u2063by federal law. \u2063However, Judge\u200b Jones found that \u2064while \u200dsome\u200c of\u200c the overt \u2063acts were within the scope of\u2062 Meadows&#8217;s duties as a federal officer, others\u2063 were not.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, \u2062the court\u200c determined that Meadows&#8217;s &#8220;political activities&#8221; exceeded \u2062the limits of his role as White House Chief of Staff, and he was unable to\u2063 explain the extent of his authority. \u2062The judge emphasized\u200b that Meadows&#8217;s\u200c actions related \u2063to state\u200d elections \u2062were\u2064 expressly delegated\u2062 to the \u2063states and not within the purview of the executive branch.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 case has \u200cgarnered\u200c significant attention as it is one of the four\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/let-us-prey-how-a-christian-suicide-bomber-exposed-muslims-faking-conversions-to-avoid-deportation\/\" title=\"Let Us Prey? How A \u2018Christian\u2019 Suicide Bomber Exposed Muslims Faking Conversions To Avoid Deportation\">criminal cases brought<\/a> \u2063against former\u200b President Donald Trump and his co-defendants this year. The outcome of Meadows&#8217;s case in\u2064 federal court may \u200bserve as a bellwether for the \u2062other Trump-related prosecutions.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump, Meadows, and 17 co-defendants were indicted by a\u2064 state \u2064grand jury\u2064 in\u200d Fulton County on Aug. 14 over \u2063their involvement \u2062in the \u2064events of Jan. 6.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge denied Mark Meadows&#8217;s request to transfer Georgia&#8217;s state racketeering charges to federal court. This decision favors Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who is prosecuting the case. Judge Steve C. Jones of the Northern District of Georgia made the ruling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":168,"featured_media":2026510,"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":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2026509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"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\/2026509","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\/168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2026509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2026510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2026509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2026509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2026509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}