Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows has requested that the Arizona “fake voter” case be transferred from Maricopa County to federal court, according to court documents filed Wednesday.
The request comes weeks after Meadows asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in his similar effort to move the Fulton County, Georgia, election case against him to federal court.
In Wednesday's filing, Meadows' attorneys wrote that their client's request “is based on a recent new Supreme Court ruling clarifying the scope of immunity,” referring to the court's recent ruling on presidential immunity.
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Meadows' attorneys argued that the case should also be moved from state court because the charges “directly relate to Mr. Meadows' conduct as chief of staff to the President.”
The argument is similar to one Meadows has been using for months in his Fulton County case, in which he cites a law that requires criminal prosecution to be dropped when someone is charged for acts he allegedly committed as a federal employee.
“It is unmistakably clear that the indictment charges Mr. Meadows with alleged state crimes based on acts he committed as Chief of Staff to the President of the United States and in the performance of his duties in that office,” Meadows' attorneys said in the filing.
In response to the request, a judge has scheduled a hearing for September 5.
Meadows was charged in Arizona, along with 17 others, with fraud, forgery and conspiracy over alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state. He has pleaded not guilty.
Last week, charges against Jenna Ellis, former President Donald Trump's campaign lawyer, were dropped in exchange for her cooperation in the case.
Mark Meadows wants his Arizona 'fake voter' case moved to federal court. Originally appeared on abcnews.go.com
