It didn’t take long after I predicted it: Mark Meadows has filed a notice to remove the Georgia indictment from state court to federal court in the Northern District of Georgia under the federal-officer-removal statute. While Meadows cites the fact that he was charged largely in his role as White House chief of staff, he relies largely on the argument that he has federal defenses to the charges, which in my view is a less slam-dunk reason to permit removal than Jeffrey Clark’s obvious defense that he was charged for conduct as assistant attorney general. In any event, one defendant’s removal takes the whole case to federal court, and Clark can make his own argument, as can Donald Trump. There’s no practical way to sever part of the case to send it back to state court, given that all of the defendants are charged in the first count of the indictment as part of a common RICO enterprise.