Former President Donald Trump and his 18 co-defendants will be arraigned on Sept. 6 in the Fulton County, Georgia, indictment related to efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 election results.
Trump will be arraigned at 9:30 a.m. on Sept. 6, followed by the other 18 defendants in 15-minute increments. Former Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, and Sidney Powell will be arraigned after the former president, in that order, with Giuliani’s beginning at 9:45 a.m. and Powell’s beginning at 10:15 a.m.
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Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’s arraignment is set for 10:30 a.m. Meadows will argue on Monday before an Atlanta federal judge that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s charges against him should be removed from state to federal court.
Meadows argued through his attorneys in a court filing before the hearing that he had a right to federal removal because “the conduct giving rise to the charges in the indictment all occurred during his tenure and as part of his service as Chief of Staff.”
He is one of five defendants to file a federal removal notice, and Trump is expected to do the same, so Monday’s outcome could set a precedent for the other challenges.
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If Meadows’s case is moved to federal court, it would allow for a wider pool of jurors outside of Fulton County, which is deeply Democratic. It would not erase state charges, but the case would be heard before a federal judge. In Trump’s case, moving his case to federal court would not change his ability to pardon himself from state charges.
All 19 defendants turned themselves in to authorities for booking last week ahead of the Aug. 25 deadline. Harrison Floyd, the head of the group Black Voices for Trump, is the only defendant to remain in jail after he and Willis did not reach a bond agreement. The 19 defendants are facing several charges, including violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
