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trump is currently facing. along with trump white house chief of staff mark meadows is one of 19 people indicted on state level rico charges in georgia but meadows spent his day today not in the fulton county courthouse but in the federal court in atlanta because he is asking the federal court to pluck this trial out of state court in georgia and please hold it in federal court instead. why does he want that? well, all the 19 georgia codefendants including trump would probably prefer having their case go before a federal jury drawn from the whole northern district of georgia. they d prefer that to going before a state jury that would be drawn just from blue fulton county. but how likely is it that meadows will get his wish here? how did he do in his five hours on the stand today? if he does succeed, if he does get his case moved out of state court and into federal court, would that mean that the whole georgia case, the whole rico case would all go to federal
well. all of that 19 georgia codefendants including trump would probably prefer having their case go before a federal jury. drawn by the whole district of georgia. they prefer that to going before a state jury that would be drawn just from willow fulton county. but how likely is it that meadows will get his wish here? how did he do in his five hours on the stand today? if he does succeed. if he does get his case moved out of state court and into federal court with that mean that the whole georgia case. the whole rico case would all go to federal court? and what it just be meadows? how might the back and forth in georgia over this affect what happens in d.c. where trump just got a court date from march 4th of next year today? also what gets decided next? how is this all going to go? notice chuck rosenberg? former attorney and thanks for
why does he want that? well, all the 19 georgia codefendants including trump would probably prefer having their case go before a federal jury drawn from the whole northern district of georgia. they d prefer that to going before a state jury that would be drawn just from blue fulton county. but how likely is it that meadows will get his wish here? how did he do in his five hours on the stand today? if he does succeed, if he does get his case moved out of state court and into federal court, would that mean that the whole georgia case, the whole rico case would all go to federal court or would it just be meadows? how might the back and forth in georgia over this affect what happens in d.c.? where trump just got a court date from march 4th of next year today. also, what gets decided next? how is this all going to go?
we re seeing the request for speedy trials by 2. that would be in georgia before a state judge with a state jury. the people who have moved for removal to send it to federal court, meadows and some of the electors, those people are trying to say we want a trial in the federal court, not here in the state court. and there s going to be a hearing about that and what they have to prove is that what they were doing as federal officials was acting within the scope of their employment as federal officials. they weren t doing something outside of the scope of their employment and that they have a defense as a federal official. that s a complicated case to make because generally speaking, violating the law, especially violating state election law, which is nothing that the federal employees have anything to do with, will be a hard case to make, but the judge is going