Case be moved to federal court. mark meadows is essentially arguing that he fits within the federal criminal removal statute because he was acting at the behest of a federal official. reporter: district attorney fani willis issuing subpoenas for elections investigator francis watson and secretary of state brad raffensperger to testify. raffensperger is the republican secretary of state who took this call from trump in the wake of the 2020 vote. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have because we won the state. reporter: the hearing will be the first opportunity to hear from some of these key witnesses in open court. if meadows is successful moving the trial to federal court, it could have an impact on other defendants, including trump himself. the jury pool will come from a larger geographic area they may be able to
Court. mark meadows is essentially arguing that he fits within the federal criminal removal statute because he was acting at the behest of a federal official. reporter: district attorney fani willis issuing subpoenas for elections investigator watson and secretary of state raffensperger to testify. raffensperger is the republican secretary of state who took this call from trump in the wake of the 2020 vote. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. because we won the state. reporter: the hearing will be the first opportunity to hear from some of these key witnesses in open court. if meadows is successful moving the trial to federal court, it could have an impact on other defendants, including trump himself. the jury pool will come from a larger geographic area, and they may be able to drag there some of those suburban trump