Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows testified he was just following orders from Donald Trump in helping to orchestrate efforts looking into alleged fraud in the 2020 election, arguing that he was acting at the direction of the former president.
Meadows took the stand on Monday in federal court in Atlanta to argue that the criminal case against him should be moved to federal court because because the alledged conduct was connected to his job. Meadows told the judge the actions he carried out were all part of his responsibilities as a White House official.
Meadows testified that Trump told him to set up the infamous call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger, urging him to “find” him enough votes to defeat President Joe Biden in Georgia. The Meadows bid to move the case is an early test of the strength of Willis’s sweeping indictment alleging he conspired with Trump and 17 others to alter the election outcome. Willis brought the fourth indictment against Trump this year, but she’s the first to have to lay out some of her evidence in court.
Willis argued in court filings that neither Trump nor Meadows had legal authority to take actions regarding the administration of a presidential election. Beyond the Raffensperger call, the indictment alleges Meadows arranged for Trump to communicate with state officials about the election and traveled to Georgia to “report back” on an election audit.
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