We have breaking news tonight involving the case against Donald Trump and his alleged co-conspirators in the state of Georgia.

Now if you have been following this case, you know that former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows has been trying to get his

criminal trial moved from state court into federal court. Mr Meadows claimed that

all of the alleged criminal activity he was accused of in Fulton County, all of that was

actually just part of his duties as Chief of Staff to the President. And since the

Chief of Staff is a federal official, Meadows and his lawyers reason, that he should be

tried in federal court. Now Meadows surprised everyone when he took the stand

for over four hours last month testifying that he never did anything in Georgia on

behalf of Donald Trump personally or on behalf of Trump's presidential

campaign. He said he was only ever acting in his official duties as a member of Trump's White House staff.

Had Meadows succeeded in getting his case moved to federal court, it would have been a huge

win for him and it would have meant that the jury in this case would not have

been selected from Fulton County, Georgia, a county that Joe Biden won

overwhelmingly in 2020. But Mr Meadows did not succeed in this effort. In his ruling, Judge

Steve Jones wrote, the court concludes that Meadows has not met even the quite low

threshold for removal.

The judge then went on to essentially wave away Meadows claims that he was simply

carrying out his duties as chief of staff.

Take this example.

During his testimony, again last month, Mr Meadows was

asked about a text message he sent to a Georgia election official in which he essentially

offered to have the Trump campaign pay for part of the Georgia recount effort.

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