U.S. District Judge Steve Jones rejected Meadow's bid. The Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld that decision in December 2023, ruling that the law cited by Meadows "does not apply to former federal officers, and even if it did, the events giving rise to this criminal action were not related to Meadows's official duties."

The Supreme Court has rejected a request from former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows to move his Georgia election interference case from state court into federal court.

Mark Meadows had asked the justices to overturn a lower-court ruling rejecting his claims that the case should be moved out of state court in Georgia.