{"id":2342402,"date":"2024-09-17T15:52:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T19:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-rules-against-mark-meadows-in-moving-his-arizona-fake-electors-case-to-federal-court-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-17T15:53:18","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T19:53:18","slug":"judge-rules-against-mark-meadows-in-moving-his-arizona-fake-electors-case-to-federal-court-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-rules-against-mark-meadows-in-moving-his-arizona-fake-electors-case-to-federal-court-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge rules against Mark Meadows in moving his Arizona fake electors case to federal court &#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\">36<\/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-rules-against-mark-meadows-in-moving-his-arizona-fake-electors-case-to-federal-court-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=2342402&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>A\u2062 judge has ruled that Mark Meadows,\u200d former White House chief of staff, must keep his &#8220;fake electors&#8221; case in Arizona state court rather than moving it\u2063 to federal court as he requested. Meadows is one \u200bof 18 individuals charged in a scheme aimed at overturning the results of the 2020 election in Arizona and other swing\u2062 states, although \u2062he is not personally charged as\u2063 a fake elector. His legal team had argued for the case \u2063to be moved by claiming that his actions were taken in his \u200ccapacity\u2064 as a federal official and citing constitutional immunity. However, U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi\u2064 determined that Meadows did\u2063 not\u2064 meet\u2062 the necessary deadlines or provide sufficient justification for his request, emphasizing\u200b that he is accused of\u200d participating in an illegal electioneering \u2063scheme, rather than just facilitating\u200d communication. The ruling details that Meadows allegedly \u2063played an active role in the scheme, contradicting \u200bhis defense that he was merely staying \u200dinformed\u200c about campaign matters.  <\/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\">Judge rules against Mark Meadows in moving his Arizona fake electors case to federal court<\/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_1762830\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former White House chief of staff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mark-meadows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mark Meadows<\/a>&rsquo;s &ldquo;fake electors&rdquo; case must remain in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/arizona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Arizona<\/a>, a judge ruled on Monday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Meadows is one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/05\/18\/18-people-charged-arizona-fake-electors-case\/73748450007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>18 people charged by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-desantis-laughs-off-trumps-nicknames-call-me-a-winner\/\" title=\"WATCH: DeSantis laughs off Trump&#039;s nicknames: &#039;Call me a winner&#039;\">state grand jury<\/a><\/a> in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-trump-cant-talk-about-corruption-then-were-doomed-as-a-country-kari-lake\/\" title=\"Kari Lake warns: No discussion on corruption by Trump means our nation&#039;s downfall.\">alleged fake elector scheme<\/a> to help former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> overturn the results of the 2020 election in Arizona and other swing states. While he is not being charged as a fake elector in Arizona, prosecutors allege Meadows worked with other Trump campaign members to submit names of fake electors from Arizona.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meadows&rsquo;s legal team tried to move the case to federal court, arguing his actions were taken when he was a federal official working as Trump&rsquo;s chief of staff. His attorneys cited immunity under the supremacy clause of the Constitution, which says federal law ranks higher than state law.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Nothing Mr. Meadows is alleged in the indictment to have done is criminal per se. Rather, it consists of allegations that he received (and occasionally responded to) messages from people who were trying to get ideas in front of President Trump or seeking to inform Mr. Meadows about the strategy and status of various legal efforts by the President&rsquo;s campaign,&rdquo; Meadows&rsquo;s lawyers wrote in a federal court filing.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Even assuming that the proposals being suggested to Mr. Meadows were illegal under state law, that is all the more reason why it would be appropriate for the Chief of Staff to be aware of them,&rdquo; his attorneys noted.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi said Meadows missed a deadline to file his request and &ldquo;has failed to show good cause that might permit the Court to excuse the untimeliness.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Contrary to Mr. Meadows&rsquo;s assertions, the State has not indicted Mr. Meadows for merely facilitating communication to and from the President or for simply staying abreast of campaign goings-on,&rdquo; Tuchi wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.azd.1393979\/gov.uscourts.azd.1393979.21.0_2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>15-page ruling<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Instead, the State has indicted Mr. Meadows for allegedly orchestrating and participating in an illegal electioneering scheme. Few, if any, of the State&rsquo;s factual allegations even resemble the secretarial duties that Mr. Meadows maintains are the subject of the indictment,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Tuchi also wrote that Arizona prosecutors have alleged that Meadows took an active role in explaining the elector scheme to Trump allies. He also noted that Meadows told congressional allies about his involvement with the scheme, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/opinion\/op-ed\/laurieroberts\/2024\/09\/17\/mark-meadows-fake-elector-charges-arizona\/75257360007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>such as<\/a> Reps. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) and Paul Gosar (R-AZ), with whom Meadows texted &ldquo;I love it&rdquo; when told about the plan for Republican state legislatures to reject their states&rsquo; votes.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Although the Court credits Mr. Meadows&rsquo;s theory that the Chief of Staff is responsible for acting as the President&rsquo;s gatekeeper, that conclusion does not create a causal nexus between Mr. Meadows&rsquo;s official authority and the charged conduct,&rdquo; Tuchi continued.<\/p>\n<p>Meadows&rsquo;s case will remain in Arizona as a result of Tuchi&rsquo;s ruling. He faces nine counts in Arizona and has pleaded not guilty.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meadows tried to move his election subversion charges in Georgia to federal court as well, but he was unsuccessful.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A Maricopa County judge recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3135078\/trial-date-january-2026-arizona-fake-electors-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>set a trial date<\/a> for January 2026, which will be five years after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/powerful-l-a-democrat-and-great-friend-of-obama-indicted-on-federal-corruption-charges\/\" title=\"Powerful L.A. Democrat And \u2018Great Friend\u2019 Of Obama Indicted On Federal Corruption Charges\">alleged crimes occurred<\/a>. Trump is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azag.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2024-05\/PHX-%2312079639-v1-TRUE_BILL_-_INDICTMENT_93_SGJ_81.PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>an unindicted co-conspirator<\/a> in Arizona&rsquo;s case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\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_1762830\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1762830\"}});<\/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>A judge has decided that Mark Meadows, the former White House chief of staff, must keep his &#8220;fake electors&#8221; case in Arizona. Meadows is among 18 individuals indicted by a state grand jury for allegedly participating in a scheme to submit false electors to assist former President Donald Trump in overturning the 2020 election results in Arizona and other battleground states. Although he is not charged as a fake elector himself, prosecutors claim that Meadows collaborated with other members of Trump&#8217;s campaign to present names of fraudulent electors from Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>Meadows&#8217;s legal team sought to transfer the case to federal court, arguing that his actions were conducted while he was serving as a federal official. They referenced constitutional immunity under the supremacy clause, which prioritizes federal law over state law. His attorneys contended that none of Meadows&#8217;s alleged actions are inherently criminal and described them as merely responding to communications regarding campaign strategies.<\/p>\n<p>However, U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi stated that Meadows failed to meet the deadline for his request and did not provide sufficient justification for this delay. In his ruling, Tuchi emphasized that Meadows was not indicted simply for facilitating communication with the President or staying informed about campaign activities; rather, he faces charges related to allegedly orchestrating an illegal electioneering scheme.<\/p>\n<p>The judge noted that evidence suggests Meadows actively participated in explaining this scheme to Trump associates and communicated about it with congressional allies like Reps. Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar. As a result of Tuchi&#8217;s ruling, Meadows\u2019s case will remain in Arizona where he faces nine charges and has pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Meadow&#8217;s attempts to move similar election-related charges from Georgia into federal court were also unsuccessful. A trial date has been set for January 2026 by a Maricopa County judge\u2014five years after the alleged offenses took place\u2014and Trump remains an unindicted co-conspirator in this case<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2342403,"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\/06\/AP23348850152737.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[41063,38298,36794,36581,32076],"class_list":["post-2342402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-arizona-fake-electors","tag-federal-court","tag-legal-ruling","tag-mark-meadows","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP23348850152737.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342402","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\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2342402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2342403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2342402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2342402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2342402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}