Meadows Loses Bid To Move AZ Case To Federal Court

NBC News reports:

A federal judge Monday rejected an effort by former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to move his Arizona indictment to federal court in a case focused on efforts to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 electoral defeat.

U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi said Meadows missed a deadline to file his request and “has failed to show good cause that might permit the Court to excuse the untimeliness.”

Tuchi said Meadows had “failed to demonstrate the offenses charged in the state’s prosecution relate to his” official duties when he was Trump’s chief of staff.

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BREAKING: Mark Meadows’ effort to transfer his Arizona criminal charges to federal court has been *denied.” Judge said he failed to show that his actions were part of his official chief of staff duties. https://t.co/bQoXUzsqY3 pic.twitter.com/2tIznJSvP0

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