The trouble for Meadows is that he made a concession that may both doom his efforts to ensure that the case moves to federal court and give prosecutors a weapon to use against him, regardless of where his trial is held: Meadows’s lawyers said in their briefs that all the allegations against him in the indictment “concern unquestionably political activity.”
“The second he said that he shot himself, if not in the foot, maybe in the upper shoulder close to his heart,” Zelin said.
That’s because that line seems to be an admission that he was acting on behalf of the Trump campaign, not the White House. That would suggest that he wasn’t covered by the supremacy clause, because participating in campaign work is not part of a White House chief of staff’s duties. And that’s given prosecutors an opening to argue that there’s therefore no reason to move the case to federal court.
This is why “NOT MY JOB” is a very important phrase to learn. and why for federal employees to recognize that they don’t actually work for the president.
LOL, dude just gave the prosecution a slam dunk.
This is why “NOT MY JOB” is a very important phrase to learn. and why for federal employees to recognize that they don’t actually work for the president.
The best people everyone. The best people.
He, along with the others, are fawked, kid.