Mark Meadows requested Tuesday a two-month deadline delay in the Georgia election-racketeering case he’d like to see tried in federal court, court records show.
Attorneys for Donald Trump’s former White House chief of staff filed a four-page motion in Fulton County Superior Court requesting Judge Scott McAfee bump the discovery production deadline to Feb. 5 and pretrial motions to March 4.
“The request for a relatively brief extension is made in an effort to prevent Mr. Meadows from having to litigate the same case simultaneously in two separate courts,” the motion reads.
The Messenger, first to report the filing, notes that Meadows’ attorneys will try to overturn a decision mandating he stand trial in Georgia alongside co-defendants. They have a hearing before a U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Dec. 15.
Attorneys argued the delay would not impede court proceedings.
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“Given the upcoming 2024 trial schedules of numerous defense counsel in this case and the scheduled 2024 federal criminal trials of former President Trump, a modest extension of Meadows’ pretrial deadlines would not prejudice the State or any other Defendant,” the attorneys argued.
The case in question was brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who in August filed a criminal indictment against Trump and 18 co-defendants she accuses of corruptly trying to overturn the 2020 election.
Trump and Meadows have pleaded not guilty to the charges.
