前总统唐纳德·特朗普的律师通知富尔顿县的佐治亚州法院，他们可能会寻求撤销他的选举干预案去联邦法院根据一份法庭文件。
如果特朗普寻求转移到联邦法院，他将成为地区检察官范尼·威利斯的第六名被告扫黑诈骗案为此，前特朗普幕僚长马克·梅多斯(Mark Meadows)、前DOJ官员杰弗里·克拉克(Jeffrey Clark)、前咖啡县共和党主席凯西·莱瑟姆(Cathy Latham)、现任佐治亚州参议员肖恩·斯蒂尔(Shawn Still)和前佐治亚州共和党主席大卫·谢弗(David Shafer)也加入了进来。
梅多斯的动议，提交于8月15日由他的律师George Terwilliger和亚特兰大的律师Joseph Englert提出，是基于一项联邦法律，他们认为，当有人被指控作为联邦官员“以其办公室的名义”采取行动时，需要将州法院提起的刑事诉讼转移到联邦法院系统。
谢弗在周四的另一份文件中指控一名首席检察官在他被指控后与他进行了“不正当的沟通”,并要求就此事举行听证会和制裁。
谢弗是特朗普在所谓的选举干预阴谋中所谓的“假选举人”之一，他在文件中声称，富尔顿县特别检察官内森·韦德(Nathan Wade)的私人律师事务所向他家发送了一封邮件，基本上是由起诉他的检察官事务所为他提供代理。
文件称，送到谢弗家的宣传册的封面“是特别检察官韦德和(他的搭档)微笑的照片。”文件中写道，里面指示谢弗“请今天联系我们，讨论你的刑事案件。”
文件还说，邮件中包括一封写有谢弗名字的信，由特别检察官韦德的搭档写的，主题是“冒充公职人员”——谢弗在起诉书中面临的正是这一指控。
2023年8月8日，美国前总统、2024年总统候选人唐纳德·特朗普在新罕布什尔州温德姆的温德姆高中举行的竞选集会上发表演讲。
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谢弗的律师克雷格·吉伦(Craig Gillen)在文件中表示，邮件“违反了反接触条款”，但声称这“远比典型的违反规则更令人震惊，因为这构成了首席检察官的律师事务所就律师负责提起的指控与刑事被告进行的沟通。”
该文件要求该案件的法官就此事举行听证会。
美国广播公司新闻联系富尔顿县地方检察官办公室时，拒绝置评。
韦德私人公司的法律合伙人没有立即回复置评请求。
特朗普和其他18人对所有指控都不认罪富尔顿县起诉书涉嫌试图推翻佐治亚州2020年总统选举的结果。
这位前总统表示，他的行为并不违法，调查是出于政治动机。
Trump may seek to have his Georgia election interference case removed to federal court
Attorneys for former President Donald Trump have notified Georgia state court in Fulton County that they may seek to remove his election interference caseto federal court, according to a court filing.
If Trump seeks removal to federal court, he would be the sixth defendant in District Attorney Fani Willis'sweeping racketeering caseto do so, joining former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, former DOJ official, Jeffrey Clark, former Coffee County GOP chair Cathy Latham, current Georgia state Sen. Shawn Still, and former Georgia GOP chair David Shafer.
Meadows' motion for removal,filed on Aug. 15by his attorney George Terwilliger and Atlanta-based attorney Joseph Englert, is based on a federal law that they argue requires 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.
Shafer, in a separate filing Thursday, accused one of the lead prosecutors in the case of an "improper communication" with him after he was charged -- and is requesting an evidentiary hearing and sanctions on the matter.
Shafer, who was one of Trump's so-called "fake electors" in the alleged election interference plot, claims in the filing that the private law firm of Fulton County special prosecutor Nathan Wade sent a mailer to his home essentially offering him representation by the firm of the prosecutor that indicted him.
The filing says the front of the brochure sent to Shafer's home "features a photo of Special Prosecutor Wade and [his partner] smiling." The inside, the filing states, directs Shafer to "please contact us today to discuss your criminal case."
The filing also says that the mailer included a letter with Shafer's name on it, written by special prosecutor Wade's partner, with the subject "IMPERSONATING A PUBLIC OFFICER"-- the very charge that Shafer faces in the indictment.
Shafer's attorney, Craig Gillen, says in the filing that the mailer is in "violation of the anti-contact provision," but claims that it is "far more egregious than a typical violation of the rule, given the fact that it constitutes a communication with a criminal defendant by the lead prosecuting attorney's law firm regarding charges in which the attorney has been responsible for bringing."
The filing asks the judge in the case to hold an evidentiary hearing on the matter.
The Fulton County district attorney's office declined to comment when contacted by ABC News.
Wade's law partner in his private firm did not immediately return a request for comment.
Trump and 18 others have pleaded not guilty to all charges in aFulton County indictmentfor 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.
