that we ve largely seen before. specifically where it comes to presidential immunity and the double jeopardy argument. it s part and parcel of the president s immunity claims in the federal case. however, she is right to say this is the most substantive filing we ve seen in the georgia case and that s because today, january 8th, is a deadline in that georgia case for pretrial moekss for remaining defendants. that includes former president trump. these motions come as the former president is set the appear tomorrow in a washington, d.c. courtroom. his lawyers argue he has absolute immunity from the federal election interference charges there because he was still president at the time the alleged crimes occurred. what could a ruling in this case have on the georgia case? depending on how broadly that argument is dealt with by the d.c. circuit, it certainly would have influence on it but it won t be binding on a georgia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Monday rejected an effort by Donald Trump's former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to move his Georgia 2020 election interference case to federal court, upholding a prior court ruling. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit ruled that Meadows was not entitled to move the case because Meadows is no longer a federal officer and the charges relate to conduct that was not part of his official responsibilities. Meadows was indicted in Georgia state court as part of a sweeping racketeering case accusing the Republican former U.S. president and several of his allies of attempting to reverse Trump's defeat in the state.
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U.S. District Judge Steve Jones on Friday denied a bid by Meadows to move his case from Georgia state court to federal court, giving an early win to Fulton County prosecutors, who in August charged Trump and 18 others with conspiring to undo Trump's election loss to Democratic President Joe Biden. Meadows appealed the decision on Monday to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.