Appeals court says Mark Meadows can't move Georgia election case charges to federal court - The Daily Reporter - Greenfield Indiana

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : "Shielding officers performing current duties effects the statute's purpose of protecting the operations of federal government," he wrote.
46% : She urged Congress to amend the law to allow former federal officers prosecuted for actions related to their official duties to move their cases to federal court.
38% : But it would not have opened the door for Trump, if he's reelected in 2024, or another president to pardon anyone because any convictions would still happen under state law.
37% : Prosecutors argued that Meadows failed to show any connection between the actions and his official duties and that the law allowing federal officials to move a case to federal court doesn't apply to former officials.
37% : "But limiting protections to current officers also respects the balance between state and federal interests" by preventing federal interference with state criminal proceedings.
30% : "The conspiracy to overturn the election alleged in the indictment and the acts of "superintending state election procedures or electioneering on behalf of the Trump campaign" were not related to Meadows' duties as chief of staff, Pryor wrote."Simply put, whatever the precise contours of Meadows's official authority, that authority did not extend to an alleged conspiracy to overturn valid election results," Pryor wrote.
26% : Circuit Chief Judge William Pryor, who was appointed by President George W. Bush, wrote in Monday's 35-page ruling that the law "does not apply to former federal officers, and even if it did, the events giving rise to this criminal action were not related to Meadows's official duties.

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