Judge confronts novel issues in whether to move Meadows’s Georgia charges to federal court

Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows is seeking to move his charges related to the Georgia 2020 election to federal court, a decision that could impact the criminal case against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and potentially make it easier for former President Trump to do the same.

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