All posts tagged "Paul Clement"

Mark Meadows added to his legal team a “big gun” lawyer who once refused to represent Donald Trump and with extensive Supreme Court expertise, suggesting the former chief of staff will try once again to sever his case from the former president’s, according to court records and reports.

Former U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement will represent Meadows as one of 14 co-defendants in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ Georgia election interference case, according to local court filing first spotted by LawFare reporter Anna Bower and Politico’s Kyle Cheney.

The filing appears in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, which last month smacked down Meadow’s bid to send his criminal case to federal court. ...