Key takeaways:
- Mark Meadows’ request to postpone his surrender and arrest in Fulton County, Georgia was rejected by a federal judge.
- Meadows and another high profile Fulton County racketeering defendant, Jeffrey Clark, attempted to block their arrests.
- The ruling means that Meadows and Clark will be booked this week, along with the other 17 defendants in the case.
A federal judge in Georgia has rejected a request by former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to postpone his surrender and arrest in Fulton County, Georgia. The request was made as an attempt to move the case to federal court.
Meadows’ attorneys had asked the federal court to block Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ enforcement of an arrest warrant while they worked to convince the judge to move the Georgia state case to federal court.
On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Steve C. Jones for the Northern District of Georgia shot down the efforts of Meadows and another high profile Fulton County racketeering defendant, Jeffrey Clark, to block their arrests. Judge Jones ruled that the “clear statutory language for removing a criminal prosecution, does not support an injunction or temporary stay prohibiting District Attorney Willis’s enforcement or execution of the arrest warrant against Meadows.”
The ruling means that Meadows and Clark will be booked this week, along with the other 17 defendants in the case. It is unclear what charges Meadows and Clark are facing, but the case is related to a racketeering investigation.
Meadows and Clark had argued that the case should be moved to federal court, as they believed the state court did not have jurisdiction over the case. However, Judge Jones ruled that the state court had jurisdiction and that the arrest warrants should be enforced.
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