Meadows' goose is cooked [View all]
By IGOR DERYSH
PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 1, 2023 8:56AM (EDT)
... "The circumstances of this case are easily distinguishable," prosecutors wrote. "The defendant conspired not for any purpose related to his duties as chief of staff, but to transform Mr. Trump from a losing political candidate into a winning one, no matter what the outcome of the election had actually been."
"Here's the crux of the argument from the Fulton County DA opposing Meadow's motion to remove to federal court," explained Georgia State University Law Prof. Anthony Michael Kreis. "Even if some of Meadows' acts fell within his duties, he's not being charged for them. He's being charged for joining in an unlawful enterprise to overturn the election."
Meadows' attorneys in a response argued that ... "Removal is also required, even if the State has charged some acts beyond Mr. Meadows's official duties, because what controls is Mr. Meadows's articulation of his federal defense, not the State's articulation of its state charges" ...
At least four other defendants — former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, former Georgia GOP Chair David Shafer, state Sen. Shawn Still, and former Coffee County GOP chair Cathy Latham — are also seeking to remove their charges to federal court ...
Kreis tweeted that ... "Mark Meadows' goose is cooked on federal removal— and so is every other defendant ..." ...
https://www.salon.com/2023/09/01/hes-in-big-trouble-experts-say-mark-meadows-goose-is-cooked-after-new-fani-willis-filing/
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