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Trump co-defendant Mark Meadows asks judge to block his arrest in Georgia

Donald Trump walks with his chief of staff, Mark Meadows, in May 2020.
Donald Trump walks with his chief of staff, Mark Meadows, in May 2020. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

Mark Meadows, the former White House chief of staff for Donald Trump, has asked a federal court to block his arrest in an emergency motion, according to court documents filed on Tuesday.

Meadows, a named defendant in the sweeping election interference case against Donald Trump and 18 others in Fulton county, Georgia, has requested the case be moved to federal court, saying the charges concern his actions as an officer of the federal government.

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