Trump aide Mark Meadows urges judge to pause order rejecting his bid to try Georgia election case in federal court

Mark Meadows, Donald Trump‘s former White House chief of employees, on Monday sought to pause an order rejecting his bid to move his Georgia criminal election interference case to federal court.

In an “emergency movement” filed Monday morning, Meadows requested a federal judge — who final week declined to transfer the case out of state court — to keep that order pending an enchantment.

Meadows’ legal professional mentioned that “given the urgency of the matter,” he’ll ask the eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to pause the order on Monday afternoon until the federal court grants his request for a keep beforehand.

“While Mr. Meadows respectfully believes the Court erred, this Court needn’t agree to keep the Remand Order,” his legal professional wrote in the submitting in U.S. District Court in Atlanta.

Early Monday afternoon, U.S. District Judge Steve Jones replied to Meadows’ emergency request by ordering Georgia prosecutors to file a short in response by Tuesday at 12 p.m. ET.

Meadows is one in all Trump’s 18 co-defendants in Atlanta District Attorney Fani Willis’ case, which alleges an unlawful conspiracy to try to overturn Trump’s loss to President Joe Biden in Georgia’s 2020 presidential election. Meadows is charged with one depend every of violating Georgia’s racketeering regulation and solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer.

At least 4 different co-defendants have additionally sought to take away their circumstances to federal court.

Meadows’ submitting argued that with no keep of Jones’ order, the previous White House chief could possibly be “irreparably injured” as his prosecution prices ahead in state court.

“Absent a keep, the State will proceed searching for to try Meadows 42 days from now,” his attorneys wrote. “If the State will get its method, Meadows could possibly be compelled to go to trial — and could possibly be convicted and incarcerated — earlier than the usual timeline for a federal enchantment would play out.”

They requested that “at a minimal, the Court ought to keep the remand order to shield Meadows from a conviction pending enchantment.”

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