"Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows has asked a federal court to order all charges against him brought by Fulton County, Georgia, prosecutors last week to be dismissed..."

"... since he says the charges relate to his then-role in the federal government. In a weekend filing, Meadows argues he should have immunity from the state’s 2020 election interference criminal case because he was carrying out his duties as a federal official working for then-President Donald Trump.... In the Trump White House, 'Mr. Meadows served a critically important advice-and-assist function that has been firmly entrenched in federal law for nearly 100 years,' his attorneys wrote to a judge Saturday about the Georgia charges. 'The conduct charged here falls squarely within the scope of Mr. Meadows’s duties as Chief of Staff and the federal policy underlying that role.'"

CNN reports.