Posted on Sep 30, 2023
Judge rejects Trump co-defendant's attempt to move election subversion case to federal court
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Embroiled former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, who faces election subversion charges in Georgia, has failed to remove his case from state court and have it sent up to the federal level, according to a judge’s order issued on Friday.
The 31-page order by U.S. District Judge Steve Jones follows a similar denial he recently issued to Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows when Meadows also sought to move charges he faces in Georgia state court to federal court.
The case will stay in the Fulton County Superior Court where Clark, the former assistant attorney general at the Justice Department environmental and natural resources division, was indicted alongside Meadows, Donald Trump and 16 others this August on a host of criminal conspiracy and racketeering charges.
The 31-page order by U.S. District Judge Steve Jones follows a similar denial he recently issued to Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows when Meadows also sought to move charges he faces in Georgia state court to federal court.
The case will stay in the Fulton County Superior Court where Clark, the former assistant attorney general at the Justice Department environmental and natural resources division, was indicted alongside Meadows, Donald Trump and 16 others this August on a host of criminal conspiracy and racketeering charges.
Judge rejects Trump co-defendant's attempt to move election subversion case to federal court
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Judge Steve C. Jones was not swayed by arguments made by the trio that they had acted as federal officials at the time they voted for Donald Trump as electors for the Republican party in Georgia in December 2020, and therefore were entitled to have their cases moved to federal court.
"The Court first determines that presidential electors are not federal officers," Jones wrote in all three orders.
Judge Jones concluded that party-appointed state electors who cast an electoral ballot are not tantamount to federal officers. "...
..."Judge Steve C. Jones was not swayed by arguments made by the trio that they had acted as federal officials at the time they voted for Donald Trump as electors for the Republican party in Georgia in December 2020, and therefore were entitled to have their cases moved to federal court.
"The Court first determines that presidential electors are not federal officers," Jones wrote in all three orders.
Judge Jones concluded that party-appointed state electors who cast an electoral ballot are not tantamount to federal officers. "...
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