US Supreme Court Rejects Meadows' Request to Move Case
The Facts
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a request from lawyers for former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to review a lower court's decision preventing Meadows from moving his case to federal court.
Meadows, who argues the case should be heard in federal court because it relates to his job in the first administration of Pres.-elect Donald Trump, was among 19 people indicted by Georgia prosecutors over the alleged illegal plan to overturn in Trump's favor the 2020 presidential election results in that state.
The Spin
Democratic narrative
Meadows is getting desperate to avoid the long arm of justice, but he's finding out the hard way that his association with Trump will probably be a ticket to prison. The Supreme Court ruled Trump has immunity for official acts, but neither the justices nor Trump seem to care much for Trump's associates, who are facing similar criminal charges. It's time for Meadows' team to move to Plan B.
Republican narrative
Democrats' lawfare against Trump and his associates didn't prevent the former president from getting reelected, but it's unfortunately still affecting those who were close to Trump in his first term. Meadows, though, shouldn't have much to worry about. Luckily, Willis seems incapable of successfully prosecuting this case — if her conflict of interest doesn't get her removed before it moves forward.
