The lawyers for Mark Meadows, then-President Donald Trump's final chief of staff, filed for the charges against him related to the former president's call with Georgia election officials following the 2020 elections to be dismissed.
Meadows representatives filed a motion to dismiss in federal court on Saturday night, less than a week after the Fulton County Grand Jury indicted him, the former president, and 17 others, under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO, for allegedly attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
Should that not be enough to get the charges thrown out, Meadows’ legal counsel argues that his actions are still protected under the First and Fourteenth Amendments.
Earlier this week, his representation filed a motion to move the recent indictment against him to federal court, arguing that because the case relates to conduct that occurred during his time as chief of staff, he has the right to remove his portion of the indictment from the Fulton County Superior Court.
The indictment marks the fourth criminal case leveled against the former president this year after being indicted on state charges in New York over a 2016 hush-money scheme and federal charges in Florida and Washington, D.C., over his retention and handling of classified documents and the 2020 election, respectively.
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