Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’s “fake electors” case must remain in Arizona, a judge ruled on Monday. Meadows is one of 18 people charged by a state grand jury in an alleged fake elector scheme to help former President Donald Trump overturn the results of the 2020 election in Arizona and other

Mark Meadows, Donald Trump’s former White House chief of staff, failed to convince a judge that his criminal case related to the 2020 election in Arizona should be moved to federal court, which could have made it easier to have the charges dismissed.

A judge has rejected former President Donald Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows’ bid to move his charges in Arizona’s fake elector case to federal court.