A judge rejected Meadows' request to avoid arrest in Fulton County.
' investigation into Trump's alleged interference attempts in Georgia, a state he narrowly lost during the 2020 presidential election.
Meadows on Tuesday filed a motion to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, asking the court to block his arrest in Fulton County. United States District Judge Steve C. Jones denied that request on Wednesday, according to court filings. Former White House Chief of Staff during the Trump administration Mark Meadows speaks during a forum titled House Rules and Process Changes for the 118th Congress at FreedomWorks headquarters on November 14, 2022, in Washington, D.C. A federal judge on Wednesday rejected Meadows' efforts at blocking his arrest in Fulton County.
Willis had previously given the defendants until noon on Friday to surrender to Fulton County authorities. Meadows previously asked Willis for a"modest extension" until Monday, when a hearing on his other request to have his case moved out the Fulton County to a federal court in Georgia takes place, but she rejected that request.themselves to the court. Your client is no different than any other criminal defendant in this jurisdiction," Willis told Meadows' lawyers in a Tuesday email, indicating that she would file a warrant for his arrest if he does not surrender on time.
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