{"id":2139044,"date":"2024-01-02T21:24:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T02:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-meadows-taps-former-bush-solicitor-general-to-fight-georgia-rico-case\/"},"modified":"2024-01-02T21:26:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T02:26:00","slug":"mark-meadows-taps-former-bush-solicitor-general-to-fight-georgia-rico-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-meadows-taps-former-bush-solicitor-general-to-fight-georgia-rico-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Meadows enlists ex-Bush solicitor general for Georgia RICO case"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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-taps-former-bush-solicitor-general-to-fight-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=2139044&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>Former President Trump&#8217;s Ex-Chief of Staff Bolsters Legal Defense in Georgia Election Subversion Case<\/h2>\n<p>Mark Meadows, the former chief of staff for \u2063Donald Trump, is taking steps to strengthen his legal defense against\u200c charges in\u2062 the Georgia 2020 election subversion case. He has hired \u200crenowned appellate attorney\u200c and former U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement, along with other experienced lawyers, \u2063to join his legal team.<\/p>\n<p>Meadows, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-orders-l-a-to-offer-housing-to-homeless-population-on-skid-row-says-city-and-county-created-a-legacy-of-entrenched-structural-racism\/\" title=\"Judge Orders L.A. To Offer Housing To Homeless Population On Skid Row, Says City And County \u2018Created A Legacy Of Entrenched Structural Racism\u2019\">recent court filing<\/a>, announced the addition of Clement, who previously served in the Justice Department under President George\u2062 W.\u2062 Bush. This move comes after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit rejected \u2062Meadows&#8217; request to transfer the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-sets-trumps-georgia-bond-at-200000-restricts-communication\/\" title=\"Trump's Georgia bond set at 0,000, communication restricted by judge.\">election racketeering charges<\/a> to federal court.<\/p>\n<p>Seeking a rehearing of his case, Meadows\u200c has \u200denlisted \u2062the expertise of Clement, who has an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-lincoln-project-founder-slams-recklessly-stupid-neo-nazi-cosplay-stunt\/\" title=\"WATCH: Lincoln Project Founder Slams \u2018Recklessly Stupid\u2019 Neo-Nazi Cosplay Stunt\">impressive track record<\/a> of \u200carguing\u200b before the Supreme Court. Notably, Clement will soon \u200cbe arguing a case challenging the \u2062Magnuson-Stevens Act, with the aim of influencing the court&#8217;s stance on the Chevron doctrine.<\/p>\n<p>Clement&#8217;s involvement in\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mass-psychosis-how-villains-become-heroes-in-the-media\/\" title=\"Mass Psychosis: When Villains Turn into Media Heroes\">high-profile\u2064 cases<\/a>, such as defending Hobby Lobby&#8217;s right \u200dto exclude\u200d contraception\u200c and\u200c advocating for the Defense of Marriage Act, highlights\u2064 his history of representing conservative causes.<\/p>\n<p>Meadows\u200b has been attempting to move his criminal case to federal court, \u2064arguing that his actions\u200b were \u200bpart of his official duties as \u200cchief of staff. However, his appeals have been \u200cunsuccessful thus \u200cfar. He now hopes that the addition of Clement and his team\u200c will \u2062strengthen his \u200bdefense.<\/p>\n<p>It \u2064is worth noting that Meadows is one of 19 \u2063co-defendants, including \u200bformer President Trump, indicted in the Fulton County case. Several defendants have already pleaded guilty as part of agreements with prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Why has \u2064Mark Meadows\u200b been unsuccessful in his appeals to move his criminal case to federal court, and how does he hope to change that with the addition of Paul Clement and his legal team<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Former President \u2063Trump&#8217;s ex-chief \u200cof staff, \u200bMark Meadows, is bolstering\u200b his legal defense in the Georgia 2020 election subversion case by hiring renowned \u2063appellate attorney\u200c Paul\u2062 Clement. Meadows recently announced the addition of \u2063Clement and other experienced lawyers to his \u2062legal team, after his request to \u2064transfer the election racketeering charges to\u2062 federal \u2062court was rejected by the U.S.\u2063 Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.<\/p>\n<p>In seeking a rehearing \u200bof his case, Meadows has enlisted \u200dthe expertise of Paul Clement, who has\u200d a notable track record of arguing \u2063before the Supreme Court. Clement is currently involved \u200bin\u2062 a \u200ccase challenging the Magnuson-Stevens Act, with the aim of influencing the court&#8217;s stance\u200c on the Chevron \u2062doctrine. His involvement in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-will-hear-boston-marathon-bomber-execution-case\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Will Hear Boston Marathon Bomber Execution Case\">high-profile cases<\/a>, such as \u200cdefending Hobby Lobby&#8217;s \u200dright to exclude contraception and advocating for the Defense\u2063 of Marriage Act,\u200d highlights his history of representing conservative causes.<\/p>\n<p>Meadows has been attempting to move his criminal case to federal court, arguing that his actions \u200dwere part of his\u200b official duties as\u2062 chief of staff. However, his appeals thus far have \u200bbeen \u2064unsuccessful. With\u200b the addition of \u200dClement and his\u2064 team, Meadows hopes to strengthen his\u200c defense.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting that Meadows is \u2064one \u200dof 19 co-defendants, including former President Trump, indicted in\u200c the Fulton County case. Several\u2062 defendants\u200d have already pleaded guilty as part of agreements \u200dwith \u2064prosecutors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump&#8217;s ex-chief of staff, Mark Meadows, has enlisted the expertise of veteran appellate attorney and former U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement to strengthen his defense in the Georgia 2020 election subversion case. Meadows is expanding his legal team by bringing on board Clement, who previously served in the Justice Department<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2139045,"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-2139044","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\/2139044","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=2139044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2139044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2139045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2139044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2139044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2139044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}