Appeals court skeptical of Meadows’ bid to move Georgia election case

Court expresses doubt ex-White House chief of staff was acting as a federal official in trying to reverse Trump's 2020 defeat

A federal appeals court on Friday appeared skeptical of former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows' attempt to transfer his 2020 election interference case in Georgia to federal court, expressing doubt that he was acting as a federal official in trying to reverse Donald Trump's defeat.

The court also questioned, in a particularly ominous development for Meadows, whether he was even entitled to remove his case from state to federal court given he was no longer a federal official.