Former DOJ official Jeffrey Clark is following in Mark Meadows' footsteps and attempting to get his Georgia election interference case removed to federal court.
who have filed for removal based on a federal law that calls for the removal of criminal proceedings brought in state court to the federal court system when someone is charged for actions they allegedly took as a federal official acting "under color" of their office.
Clark, Meadows, and 17 others, including former President Donald Trump, were have pleaded not guilty to all charges in afor alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the state of Georgia. The former president says his actions were not illegal and that the investigation is politically motivated.
In a motion urging the federal judge to deny Clark's removal request, Fulton County prosecutors note that Clark worked in the civil division of the DOJ, where he had "no role in or authority over elections or criminal investigations," they said. Over the weekend, Edwin Meese, former attorney general under President Ronald Reagan, penned an affidavit on Clark's behalf, calling Clark's prosecution a "major affront to federal supremacy never before seen in the history of our country.
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