佐治亚州的一家联邦上诉法院驳回了特朗普前幕僚长马克·梅多斯(Mark Meadows)解除其职务的请求富尔顿县选举干扰案联邦法院，确认下级法院的决定，离开它在州法院。
上诉法院在其意见中认为，“导致这一刑事诉讼的事件与梅多斯的公务无关。”
该决定称，“即使梅多斯是一名‘官员’，他参与所谓的推翻总统选举的阴谋也与他的公务无关。”
Meadows试图根据一项要求取消刑事诉讼的法律取消该案件，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。
在这一意见中，法院还发现法令不适用于前联邦官员。
梅多斯和前总统唐纳德·特朗普及其他17人在8月份的一次庭审中对所有指控不认罪全面的敲诈勒索起诉涉嫌试图推翻佐治亚州2020年总统选举的结果。
被告肯尼斯·切塞布罗、西德尼·鲍威尔、耶拿·埃利斯和斯科特·霍尔随后接受了认罪协议，以换取同意指证其他被告。
前总统认为此案出于政治动机而不予考虑。
Federal appeals court rejects Mark Meadows' bid to move his Georgia election case to federal court
A federal appeals court in Georgia has rejected a bid by former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to remove his Fulton County election interference case into federal court, affirming a lower court's decision that left it in state court.
In its opinion, the appeals court found that "the events giving rise to this criminal action were not related to Meadows's official duties."
The decision said that "even if Meadows were an 'officer,' his participation in an alleged conspiracy to overturn a presidential election was not related to his official duties."
Meadows was seeking to remove the case based on a law that calls for the removal of criminal proceedings when someone is charged for actions they allegedly took as a federal official acting "under color" of their office.
In this opinion, the court also found that the statute does not apply to former federal officers.
Meadows, along with former President Donald Trump and 17 others, pleaded not guilty in August to all charges in a sweeping racketeering indictment for alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the state of Georgia.
Defendants Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell, Jena Ellis and Scott Hall subsequently took plea deals in exchange for agreeing to testify against other defendants.
The former president has dismissed the case as being politically motivated.
