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‘Breakdown’ S10, Episode 10: ‘To Remove or not to Remove’

Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark and three GOP electors are trying to remove their cases to federal court, but they face U.S. District Court Judge Steve Jones, who has already denied a similar bid by Mark Meadows. The latest episode of the AJC's "Breakdown — The Trump Indictment" podcast looks at those hearings and more. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades / AP)

Credit: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades

Credit: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades

Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark and three GOP electors are trying to remove their cases to federal court, but they face U.S. District Court Judge Steve Jones, who has already denied a similar bid by Mark Meadows. The latest episode of the AJC's "Breakdown — The Trump Indictment" podcast looks at those hearings and more. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades / AP)
Sept 22, 2023

Episode 10 of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s “Breakdown” podcast covers two hearings during which lawyers for former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark and three Republican electors try to remove their cases to federal court in Atlanta.

The hearings were before U.S. District Court Judge Steve Jones, who recently denied former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’ bid to remove his case from Fulton County Superior Court.

“To Remove or not to Remove?” of Breakdown’s Season 10 — “The Trump Indictment” — also covers an interesting pretrial ruling by Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee and a motion by prosecutors asserting that six attorneys representing various defendants in the racketeering case may have conflicts of interest.

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