美国最高法院周二驳回了前总统唐纳德·特朗普的前幕僚长马克·梅多斯提出的移动他的格鲁吉亚选举干预案进入联邦法庭。
梅多斯是与特朗普并肩作战和另外18人去年在富尔顿县敲诈勒索案中被指控试图推翻该州2020年的选举结果。梅多斯和其他人对所有指控都不认罪，四名被告随后接受了认罪协议。
几个月来，Meadows一直试图将他的案件转移到联邦法院，根据一项法律，当有人被指控作为联邦官员在他们办公室的“颜色”下采取行动时，要求取消刑事诉讼。
梅多斯曾向最高法院争辩说，下级法院拒绝梅多斯将案件从州法院转移到联邦法院的请求是错误的，部分原因是指向法院的最近具有里程碑意义的裁决授予特朗普一些官方行为豁免权。
“正如对前官员的豁免权保护对于确保现任和未来的官员不会因热情服务而却步至关重要，联邦论坛在其中进行辩护的承诺也是如此，”这份47页的文件称。
下级法院和上诉法院都驳回了这一指控，一名法官写道，起诉书中指控的梅多斯的行为“是代表特朗普竞选团队采取的”，不是他的官方职责。
富尔顿县选举干预案在很大程度上是暂停等待一个裁决上诉这使得富尔顿县地方检察官范尼·威利斯(Fani Willis)继续参与此案，此前斯科特·麦卡菲(Scott McAfee)法官拒绝取消她的资格，原因是她与她手下的一名检察官之间的浪漫关系“明显表现出不当”。
地方检察官办公室的一名发言人最近在接受美国广播公司新闻采访时拒绝就此事发表评论案件的未来，鉴于特朗普上周连任。
Supreme Court rejects Mark Meadows' request to move Georgia election interference case into federal court
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a request from Mark Meadows, the one-time chief of staff to former President Donald Trump, to move hisGeorgia election interference caseinto federal court.
Meadows wascharged alongside Trumpand 18 others last year in the Fulton County racketeering case over their alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state. Meadows and the others pleaded not guilty to all charges, and four defendants subsequently took plea deals.
Meadows for months has sought to move his case into federal court 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.
Meadows had argued to the Supreme Court that a lower court erred when it rejected Meadows' request to move the case out of state court and into federal court, in part by pointing to the court'srecent landmark rulinggranting Trump some immunity for official acts.
"Just as immunity protection for former officers is critical to ensuring that current and future officers are not deterred from enthusiastic service, so too is the promise of a federal forum in which to litigate that defense," the 47-page filing states.
Both a lower court and appeals court have rejected that claim, with one judge writing that Meadows' actions charged in the indictment "were taken on behalf of the Trump campaign" and were not his official duties.
The Fulton County election interference case is largely on pause pending anappeal of rulingthat allowed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to remain on the case after Judge Scott McAfee declined to disqualify her due to a "significant appearance of impropriety" stemming from a romantic relationship between her and a prosecutor on her staff.
A spokesperson for the DA's office recently declined to comment when asked by ABC News for their views on thefuture of the case, given Trump's reelection last week.
