"Inside the Legal Battle: GOP Judges' Surprising Rulings on Trump and Mark Meadows"

U.S. Circuit Judge William H. Pryor Jr., a former Supreme Court finalist under Donald Trump, delivered a rebuke against Trump's former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, in a key Jan. 6 case. Pryor's ruling not only denied Meadows's effort to get his criminal case removed to federal court but also undermined Trump's claims to presidential immunity. The ruling described Georgia's election results as "valid," contradicting Trump's ongoing dispute. Pryor's ruling also questioned the extent of a president's power to interfere with state election procedures, potentially impacting Trump's claims to immunity in his federal election-subversion case. This ruling is another example of Republican-nominated judges ruling against Trump's side in cases related to the 2020 election and Jan. 6 events.