Former President Donald Trump will not try to move the Georgia election meddling case to federal court, his attorney said in a court filing Thursday.
The decision came weeks after the 77-year-old former president’s lawyer, Steve Sadow, told Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee that Trump “could seek removal of his prosecution to federal court.”
Trump faces a Sept. 30 deadline — 30 days after his trial — to request such a move.
“President Trump has now told the Court that he will NOT seek to move his case to federal court,” Sadow wrote in a court filing Thursday. “This decision is based on its well-founded belief that this Honorable Court intends to fully protect his constitutional right to a fair trial and guarantee due process of law throughout the prosecution of his case in the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia. “
Before Thursday’s filing, Sadow reportedly appeared at a court hearing for Trump’s co-defendants who had petitioned to have their cases removed from Fulton County.
Five of Trump’s 18 co-defendants – former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, former Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer, Georgia state Sen. Shawn Still and former Coffee County GOP Chairwoman Cathy Latham – have sought to have their cases go to trial. in federal court.
Meadows has argued that he is being charged in connection with actions he took in the course of his official duties as a federal employee, and that federal court is the appropriate place to hear the case — where he would likely seek immunity.
US District Judge Steve Jones ruled against Meadows, 64, earlier this month, arguing that his official duties “do not include working with or working for the Trump campaign.”
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has strongly opposed efforts by Meadows and other co-defendants to remove their cases from her jurisdiction.
A 13-count Fulton County grand jury indictment against Trump accuses the 2024 Republican presidential front-runner of violating Georgia’s anti-extortion laws, conspiracy, filing false documents, making false statements and soliciting public officials to violate their oaths of office so he can remain in power despite lost in the 2020 presidential election.
Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges last month.
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