11th Circuit to Meadows: Nope, and Nope

Meadows, one of former President Donald Trump’s 14 remaining co-defendants in the case, had argued that he should be shielded from state charges because his actions that resulted in charges were part of his federal job.

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But a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected his request.

Meadows then asked the full 11th Circuit to consider his request – and he was unanimously rejected.

Ed Morrissey

The way things are going in Fulton County, this may end up being moot. But removal to the federal court would have to be predicated on a claim that Meadows was performing his *official* duties as chief of staff, none of which have to do with election challenges for a presidential candidate. 

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