A federal judge Monday rejected an effort by former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to move his Arizona indictment to federal court in a case focused on efforts to overturn Donald Trump‘s 2020 electoral defeat.
U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi said that Meadows missed a deadline to file his request and “has failed to show good cause that might permit the Court to excuse the untimeliness.”
An attorney for Meadows did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday night.
In April, a state grand jury in Arizona indicted Meadows and two other former Trump aides — Rudy Giuliani and Boris Epshteyn — and several so-called “fake electors” over efforts to overturn Trump’s election loss in the state in 2020.
Meadows previously lost an attempt to move his Georgia indictment to federal court in a similar case.
He has pleaded not guilty in both cases.
