Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has asked a federal court in Georgia to take control of the criminal charges filed against him by Fulton County District Attorney Willis, citing his former status as a federal employee.
In a notice to the court filed late on Tuesday, attorneys for Mr Meadows, who a Fulton County grand jury charged with a single racketeering count and another sole count of solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer, invoked a rarely used section of federal law which allows civil and “criminal prosecution . . . commenced in a State court . . . against or directed to” a federal official, “in an official or individual capacity, for or relating to any act under color of [his] office” to be tried in federal court.
