{"id":2315680,"date":"2024-07-29T19:06:09","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T23:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-meadows-invokes-presidential-immunity-to-argue-supreme-court-should-intervene-in-georgia-case-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-29T19:10:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T23:10:26","slug":"mark-meadows-invokes-presidential-immunity-to-argue-supreme-court-should-intervene-in-georgia-case-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-meadows-invokes-presidential-immunity-to-argue-supreme-court-should-intervene-in-georgia-case-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Meadows invokes presidential immunity to argue Supreme Court should intervene in Georgia case &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">34<\/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-invokes-presidential-immunity-to-argue-supreme-court-should-intervene-in-georgia-case-washington-examiner%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=2315680&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--><p>Mark Meadows, the former chief of staff\u200b to President Donald Trump, has requested \u200cthe Supreme Court to \u200dintervene in his case concerning election interference charges in Georgia. He\u200c argues that these \u200bcharges\u200d should be \u200cmoved \u2063to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/savage-to-newsmax-im-filing-injunction-to-stop-biden-firing\/\" title=\"Savage to Newsmax: I&#039;m Filing Injunction to Stop Biden Firing\">federal court based<\/a> on the Supreme Court&#8217;s recent ruling regarding presidential immunity.\u200d Meadows \u2064contends that \u200chis actions, which are being questioned in the charges \u200dbrought by Fulton\u200b County District Attorney \u200dFani Willis, were part of his official duties, thus offering him a defense against prosecution. <\/p>\n<p>Despite the 11th U.S. Circuit Court \u2064of Appeals previously rejecting his \u200brequest for\u200b a federal venue, \u200bMeadows\u2019 attorneys argue that his case\u200b deserves federal consideration due to the\u2064 constitutional implications\u2064 involved. They maintain that the appellate court made erroneous conclusions regarding the job duties of former officials and the applicability of presidential immunity. Meadows seeks to leverage the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision that affirms presidents have immunity from certain criminal prosecutions related to their\u200d official actions, pointing to the far-reaching\u200c implications of this ruling in his own legal battles and those \u200cof others involved in\u2063 related cases.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Mark Meadows invokes presidential immunity to argue Supreme Court should intervene in Georgia case<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1693691\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Mark Meadows asked the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a>&nbsp;to consider his bid to move his election interference charges in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Georgia<\/a>&nbsp;to federal court, citing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-overturns-chevron-doctrine-upends-administrative-state\/\" title=\"SCOTUS Overturns Chevron Doctrine, Upends Administrative State\">high court&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s recent landmark decision on presidential immunity.<\/p>\n<p>Meadows, former President Donald Trump&rsquo;s onetime chief of staff, argued in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/754420752\/Mark-Meadows-Petition?secret_password=71OIv8TJ64SLz3qQBQaV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">petition<\/a>, made public over the weekend, that federal court was the appropriate venue for the two election charges brought against him by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is hard to imagine a case in which the need for a federal forum is more pressing than one that requires resolving novel questions about the duties and powers of one of the most important federal offices in the Nation,&rdquo; Meadows&rsquo;s attorneys wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Meadows&rsquo;s petition to the Supreme Court comes after the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Meadows&rsquo;s request in December.<\/p>\n<p>The former chief of staff&rsquo;s argument to the appellate court was twofold. Meadows claimed that he should have his case removed to federal court, but this requires a federal defense. Meadows therefore said that his federal defense would be that the actions cited in Willis&rsquo;s indictment were protected from prosecution because they were part of Meadows&rsquo;s official duties as White House chief of staff.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FILE &ndash; Mark Meadows speaks with reporters at the White House, Oct. 21, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meadows&rsquo;s attorneys said the appellate court erred in ruling that former officials such as Meadows are not entitled to federal removal the same way current officials are. Additionally, the appellate court found Meadows&rsquo;s actions cited in Willis&rsquo;s indictment were not part of his official job duties.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That decision defies statutory text, context, history, and common sense,&rdquo; Meadows&rsquo;s attorneys wrote in their Supreme Court petition.<\/p>\n<p>The attorneys were able to heavily reference the Supreme Court&rsquo;s decision that presidents enjoy absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for certain actions they perform in their official capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Meadows&rsquo;s use of the decision, which the Supreme Court made in response to Trump&rsquo;s election case in Washington, D.C., is the latest instance of the ruling&rsquo;s reverberating effects. Trump has already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3087934\/trump-post-immunity-legal-strategy-takes-shape\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wielded<\/a>&nbsp;it in Florida and New York, and some of Trump&rsquo;s co-defendants in Georgia, such as Meadows, were expected to make use of it, as well.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Just as immunity protection for former officers is critical to ensuring that current and future officers are not deterred from enthusiastic service, so too is the promise of a federal forum in which to litigate that defense,&rdquo; Meadows&rsquo;s attorneys wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Meadows&rsquo;s petition comes more than seven months after the 11th Circuit denied Meadows&rsquo;s request, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-trial-attorneys-struggle-to-find-jurors-without-opinions-on-trump\/\" title=\"Trump trial: Lawyers face difficulty finding impartial jurors\">unusually lengthy duration<\/a> for a defendant seeking the Supreme Court&rsquo;s intervention in a case.<\/p>\n<p>Meadows&rsquo;s attorneys had asked in May for an extension to file their request, in part because Trump&rsquo;s immunity case was still pending at the time. Justice Clarence Thomas, who is assigned to oversee matters of the 11th Circuit, granted Meadows two extensions.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While the Supreme Court considers whether to take up Meadows&rsquo;s federal removal argument, the case is halted at the district level while an appellate court considers the unrelated argument that Willis should be disqualified as prosecutor over a conflict of interest.<\/p>\n<p>The Georgia Court of Appeals will hear arguments on the disqualification matter in December.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1693691\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1693691\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Meadows has requested the Supreme Court to review his attempt to transfer his election interference charges in Georgia to federal court, referencing the court&#8217;s recent significant ruling on presidential immunity. As the former chief of staff for President Donald Trump, Meadows contended in a petition released over the weekend that federal court is the suitable venue for the two election-related charges filed against him by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. His attorneys stated, &#8220;It is hard to imagine a case in which the need for a federal forum is more pressing than one that requires resolving novel questions about the duties and powers of one of the most important federal offices in the Nation.&#8221; This petition follows a December decision by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that denied Meadows&#8217;s request. He argued before this appellate court that he should be allowed to move his case to federal jurisdiction based on a defense claiming that actions mentioned in Willis\u2019s indictment were part of his official responsibilities as White House chief of staff and thus protected from prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>Meadows\u2019s legal team asserted that the appellate court made an error by ruling that former officials like him do not have access to federal removal rights as current officials do, and they also disagreed with its conclusion regarding whether Meadows&#8217;s actions were part of his official duties. They criticized this decision as inconsistent with statutory text, context, history, and common sense. The attorneys referenced a Supreme Court ruling affirming absolute immunity for presidents concerning certain actions taken while performing their official roles\u2014a decision stemming from Trump&#8217;s election-related case in Washington D.C., which has influenced other cases involving Trump associates.<\/p>\n<p>Meadows\u2019s petition comes over seven months after being denied by the 11th Circuit\u2014an unusually long wait for someone seeking Supreme Court intervention\u2014and was delayed partly due to pending matters related to Trump&#8217;s immunity case at that time. Justice Clarence Thomas granted Meadows two extensions during this period.<\/p>\n<p>While awaiting consideration from the Supreme Court regarding Meadows&#8217;s argument for moving his case federally, proceedings at district level are currently paused due to an unrelated appeal questioning whether DA Willis should be disqualified from prosecuting due to potential conflicts of interest; this matter will be heard by Georgia&#8217;s Court of Appeals in December<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2315681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP24116010103444.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36582,36581,32281,32275,32076],"class_list":["post-2315680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-georgia-case","tag-mark-meadows","tag-presidential-immunity","tag-supreme-court","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP24116010103444.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315680","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\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2315680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2315680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2315680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2315680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}