Mark Meadows is testifying right now.
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He is trying to get his indictment in GA moved to Federal Court. He needs to show his actions in GA were only because he was acting as a Federal Officer.....he was just doing his job as Trump's Chief of staff in other words.
can find anyone covering it on twitter, just a CNN live blog mixed in with other stuff.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-indictment-2020-election-08-28-23/index.html
Court just came back from lunch. No phones in the courtroom, so that's why there's not much updates. CNN has two people there. Presumably one sneaks out to write an update, and they switch off.
So the biggest news is that Meadows actually got on the stand. Most legal experts did not think he would because he will have to be cross examined under oath.
He is trying to say this is just my job. Prosectuors are trying to say campaign work is not part of his job.
And 4 other GA defendants are going to try this same thing....get their cases moved to federal court. Folks expect Trump to try it too.
So the other biggest thing so far is
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