Mark Meadows was deeply involved in Trump’s efforts to stay in office including during J 6th. But he's not in Jack Smith’s indictment. Why didn’t he make the same deal in Georga? Karen Friedman Agnifilo might have the answer

 Monday’s hearing could be a pivotal point in Trump’s criminal trials.

Mark Meadows was deeply involved in Trump’s efforts to stay in office even during the January 6th insurrection. Yet he doesn’t appear in Jack Smith’s indictment. It’s assumed that he flipped on Trump. Then why didn’t Meadows make the same deal with Fani Willis? 

Karen Friedman Agnifilo may have discovered the answer. Meadows may have assumed the Supremacy Clause would keep Georgia from prosecuting him. So looks like he flipped on Trump but doesn’t want so say so until there’s a trial. 

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Ben Meiselas and Karen Friedman Agnifilo, co-anchors of Legal AF, report on Mark Meadows filing yet another filing about his Monday hearing claiming the Hatch act is a red herring.  He says he has absolute immunity from prosecution in state court and demands that his case go to federal court and be DISMISSED under the Supremacy Clause.

 

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Harry Litman- Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was subpoenaed to testify against former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. Raffensperger will testify at a hearing on Monday about Meadows' plea to move his case to federal court.

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“Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows acted far beyond the bounds of his federal duties when he involved himself in the 2020 elections in Georgia and other swing states, according to Fulton prosecutors.

In a new federal court filing on Wednesday, the district attorney’s office contended that Meadows violated the Hatch Act, which bars federal employees from engaging in political activity as part of their official roles.

“An evaluation of the actions named in the indictment makes clear that all of them were intended to ‘interfere with or affect’ the presidential election in Georgia and elsewhere in order to somehow transform Mr. Trump from an unsuccessful candidate into a successful one,” Fulton DA Fani Willis and one of her deputies, Donald Wakeford, wrote in the filing.

“The activities are precisely the type which other courts have already determined to be ‘unofficial’ and therefore beyond the color of the defendant’s office, and he can point to no presidential authority that would bring the activities within the scope of his official duties.”

The 22-page document came in response to Meadows’ push to move the criminal charges filed against him in Fulton County to federal court. U.S. District Court Judge Steve Jones is scheduled to hear the matter on Aug. 28. The DA’s office is pushing for Jones to remand the case to Fulton Superior Court."

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