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Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 16, 2023 24 Comments
The Court found no ground for summary remand of the case back to state court, and will make a decision whether to keep the case in federal court permanently after a hearing on August 28. Depending on the outcome of that hearing, Georgia may have to prosecute Meadows in federal court, not Fulton County Superior Court, where Meadows will raise his federal immunity defense.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 15, 2023 60 Comments
"Nothing Mr. Meadows is alleged in the indictment to have done is criminal per se: arranging Oval Office meetings, contacting state officials on the President’s behalf, visiting a state government building, and setting up a phone call for the President. One would expect a Chief of Staff to the President of the United States to do these sorts of things.... This is precisely the kind of state interference in a federal official’s duties that the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution prohibits, and that the removal statute shields against."

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 31, 2023 71 Comments
If Trump is indicted in Georgia, particularly if based on a RICO theory, it would be another electoral gift, solidifying the 'rally-around' effect we've seen since the March 2023 Manhattan indictment. What the impact is in six months when voting starts in Iowa remains to be seen. The downside, of course, is possible conviction and incarceration that a federal pardon could not cure.
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