{"id":2030752,"date":"2023-09-13T15:29:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T19:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-denies-meadowss-motion-to-prevent-state-conviction-while-federal-appeal-continues\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T15:29:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T19:29:45","slug":"judge-denies-meadowss-motion-to-prevent-state-conviction-while-federal-appeal-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-denies-meadowss-motion-to-prevent-state-conviction-while-federal-appeal-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge denies Meadows&#8217;s motion to halt state conviction during federal appeal."},"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\">22<\/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-motion-to-prevent-state-conviction-while-federal-appeal-continues%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=2030752&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 Federal Judge Denies Mark Meadows&#8217;s Motion, Racketeering Prosecution Remains \u2062in\u2062 State Court<\/h2>\n<p>In a significant development, a federal judge has\u200c denied Mark Meadows&#8217;s motion to temporarily stay an \u2064order remanding a racketeering prosecution to \u2063state\u2064 court. This decision comes as Meadows appeals the case \u2063to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.<\/p>\n<p>This ruling is a \u200ctactical victory for Fulton County, Georgia, District \u2062Attorney Fani\u2064 Willis,\u2064 a Democrat\u200d who \u200binitiated\u200b the racketeering prosecution. The decision \u200cwas made \u2063public on the morning of September 13.<\/p>\n<p>This case has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-denies-meadowss-motion-to-prevent-state-conviction-while-federal-appeal-continues\/\" title=\"Judge denies Meadows's motion to halt state conviction during federal appeal.\">garnered \u200dsignificant attention<\/a> as it marks \u2062the\u200c first time \u200bsubstantive arguments\u200d have been \u200cpresented in court in any of the four <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> against former\u200d President Donald Trump \u2062and his \u200bco-defendants this year.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/georgia-prosecutors-urge-federal-judge-to-deny-mark-meadowss-latest-emergency-motion-5490023\">Georgia Prosecutors Urge \u200cFederal Judge to Deny Mark Meadows\u2019s Latest Emergency Motion<\/a> \u2062-\u200c 9\/12\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/federal-judge-denies-meadows-request-to-transfer-state-racketeering-case-to-federal-court-5486960\">Judge Denies Meadows&#8217;s Request to Transfer Georgia\u2062 Racketeering Case to Federal \u200dCourt<\/a> &#8211; \u200d9\/8\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Some have compared Meadows&#8217;s motion for\u2064 removal\u200d to\u2062 federal court to\u2064 a mini-trial for \u2062President Trump and his co-defendants. \u2064The\u200d outcome of Meadows&#8217;s case in federal\u2063 court is seen as a\u2062 bellwether\u200c for the future of \u200dthe various Trump-related prosecutions.<\/p>\n<p>Meadows, along \u2064with former President Donald Trump\u2063 and 17 co-defendants, was indicted by a state\u200b grand jury in Fulton County, \u200dGeorgia, on August 14. \u200cThe charges stem from the \u200dformer chief executive&#8217;s challenge to\u2062 the\u200b election in\u200b Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>Concerned that\u2064 state prosecutors might secure a\u2063 conviction\u200b before his federal appeals are heard, attorneys for Meadows filed \u2064an emergency motion in \u2064federal court on September 11. They argued that the trial in \u200cstate court,\u200c scheduled\u200d for October 23, should be delayed.<\/p>\n<p>Legal experts have questioned the need for such haste in the state-level trial. They argue that\u200c assembling\u2064 a complex racketeering case within a \u200ccompressed timetable will pose\u200c challenges\u2064 for\u200b both\u2062 the prosecution and the\u200b defense.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode post-related-videos\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The motion followed a previous\u200b ruling by federal Judge \u200cSteve \u2063C. Jones, who \u2063stated on \u2062September 8 that he lacked jurisdiction to remove \u200bthe state case to federal court.\u2062 Judge Jones, \u2064a Democrat,\u200c was appointed by President Barack Obama in \u200c2011.<\/p>\n<p>In his defense, Meadows argues that he is immune\u2063 to \u200bstate prosecution because his actions in aiding President \u200dTrump&#8217;s election challenge \u200cwere carried out in his\u200d official \u200ccapacity\u200c as a\u2064 federal officer. He claims to have federal defenses available to him.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Jones\u200d ruled that some of the acts Meadows was accused of fell within the scope\u200d of his \u2062duties as a federal \u2064officer, \u2063while others did not. The judge also expressed concern\u200d over Meadows&#8217;s inability to explain the limits of his authority.<\/p>\n<p>In a new 10-page \u200bruling dated September \u206212, Judge Jones \u2064declined to grant the \u2062requested\u2064 stay. He stated that Meadows failed to meet \u2063the elements required for \u2062a stay, including showing\u2063 a likelihood of success on\u2062 appeal and irreparable damage without a stay.<\/p>\n<p>Meadows&#8217;s arguments in the motion were not different from \u200dthose previously rejected by Judge Jones. \u200bFurthermore, the judge noted that it is uncertain whether Meadows will even be tried in October, as \u200dhe claimed.<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manhattan-da-moves-to-restrict-trumps-access-to-some-evidence\/\" title=\"Manhattan DA Moves To Restrict Trump\u2019s Access To Some Evidence\">legal battle continues<\/a>, the outcome of Meadows&#8217;s appeal \u2062to the 11th Circuit will have significant implications for the future of the racketeering prosecution and other Trump-related cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge rejected Mark Meadows&#8217;s request to halt the remand of a racketeering case to state court. This decision benefits Fulton County&#8217;s District Attorney Fani Willis, as Meadows appeals to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. A tactical win for Willis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":168,"featured_media":2030753,"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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2030752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/2030752","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=2030752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2030752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2030753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2030752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2030752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2030752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}