Former President Donald Trump’s legal team may need to come up with a more “creative argument” in defending him as their legal one “ain’t working,” former Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman Michael Steele said on Saturday.

Steele’s comments come after Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows was handed a legal loss on Friday after trying to move his case to a federal court instead of a state one.

The former White House chief of staff is facing two criminal counts, accused of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia, along with Trump and 17 other associates of the former president. All 19 defendants from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ indictment have pleaded not guilty to their various charges. Meadows took the stand in Georgia last week to argue that his case should be tried in federal court, given that his actions tied to the indictment fell under his responsibilities as chief of staff.

U.S. District Judge Steve Jones wrote in his 49-page filing order on Friday, however, that Meadows’ actions fell outside the requirements of a White House chief of staff.

  • eestileib@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Michael Steele is just about as much of an expert about this stuff as Danielle Steele.

    Hell, in the quotation it has Steele saying that Meadows was trying to move the venue from DC.

    It’s like trying to watch Charles Barkley talk about the NBA when he’s an NHL fan now.

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      Michael Steele, for all his faults, got a JD from Georgetown, so when it comes to legal issues like this, he does know what he’s talking about. Now he might have gotten things mixed up, which I can’t really blame him for considering how many indictments there are and how many cases there are, but this is his area of expertise in general.

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        But if you’ve watched the man over the last several years you’d see he’s not calling things correctly, generally.

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      Michael Steele is just about as much of an expert about this stuff as Danielle Steele.

      👏 😂