Judge rejects Mark Meadows' efforts to move Georgia racketeering case to federal court

Time to fact the facts!
Rich

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Meadows argued in court filings and at an Aug. 28 hearing that he met a three-pronged threshold to move his charges out of Fulton County, Ga., Superior Court and under federal jurisdiction because he was an officer of the United States, the felony counts he faces stemmed from actions done under that office and that he raised a "colorable federal defense."

Judge Steve Jones, an Obama appointee, disagreed.

In a 49-page order, Jones found that only one of Meadows' alleged actions in connection with a larger scheme to undermine Georgia's already-certified election results was within his official duties and therefore protected under federal law.

"The Court finds that the evidence presented does not show that most of the remaining overt acts were related to the scope of Meadows' role as Chief of Staff," he wrote, adding that Meadows "cannot have acted in his role as a federal officer with respect to any efforts to influence, interfere with, disrupt, oversee, or change state elections.""...

If they let one leave, they have to let them all leave if they request. What a Goat Rope that would turn into.