Appeals court slaps down Mark Meadows’ bid to transfer Georgia election case

A three-judge panel on Monday spurned Mark Meadows’ attempt to transfer his Fulton County, Georgia election subversion case to a federal court. The former White House chief of staff’s legal team contended that because the charges stem from his duties in the Trump administration, a federal court should adjudicate the charges against him. “Meadows cannot have it both ways. He cannot shelter behind his testimony about the breadth of his official responsibilities, while disclaiming his admissions that he understood electioneering activity to be out of bounds,” Chief Judge William Pryor...