Atlanta-based U.S. District Court Judge Steve Jones has denied former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows' bid to move his Georgia criminal case to federal court, stating that he did not meet the "quite low threshold for removal" because his activities for the Trump campaign were outside the scope of his federal role, according to CNN.
As Salon previously reported, both Meadows and Jeffrey Clark wanted their cases handled — and ultimately dismissed — by federal courts because of their work for the Trump administration, but that obviously did not fly with the judge.
