Georgia's criminal proceedings against former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows will move forward, after a Thursday ruling by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. Meadows had requested a stay on all state court proceedings while his attempts to get the trial moved to federal court was in progress, but has now withdrawn that motion, with the court's approval. This comes after two of his former Georgia co-defendants, the Trump-affiliated lawyers Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro, had their cases severed from the other 17 defendants and pushed onto an accelerated schedule.
Meadows had requested the pause after filing an appeal of U.S. District Court Judge Steve Jones' ruling last week that denied Meadows' motion to have his case moved to federal court. Meadows' appeal will continue, in other words, but so will the felony case against him in Fulton County.
