Georgia election hearing updates: Court adjourns with no decision yet in Meadows case
Mark Meadows took the stand on Monday.
Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, charged along with 18 others in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' sweeping racketeering indictment for alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia, took the stand on Monday to try to have his trial moved from state to federal court.
Among other charges, the indictment cites Meadows' role in the infamous Jan. 2, 2021, phone call then-President Donald Trump made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger -- actions that Meadows argues he took as a federal official acting "under color" of his office.
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Meadows arrives at federal court
Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows arrived at federal court in Atlanta just after 9 a.m. ET for a hearing on his motion to have his trial moved from state to federal court.
Meadows walked in with his lawyers and did not respond to any shouted questions.
-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa
Other defendants keeping 'close eye' on proceedings
As Meadows heads to court Monday, multiple sources close to some of the 18 other Georgia defendants -- which include Trump and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani -- have told ABC News that the legal teams for many of the defendants will be keeping a "close eye" on the proceedings, with some even sending people to watch in person.
Many involved in the case are uncertain what the ramifications would be if Meadows' case is moved to federal court, the sources said, and whether it would bring along all 19 defendants or leave their cases in state court.
"It is completely untested," one attorney for a defendant in the case told ABC News.
Raffensperger: Trump's 'outreach to that extent was extraordinary'
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger testified about the impact of Donald Trump's pressure to challenge the results in Georgia.
Raffensperger also testified that he faced "multiple threats" to himself and his wife due to the false allegations of election fraud.
Prosecutors, discussing the Jan. 2, 2021, call between Raffensperger and Trump, asked Raffensperger if the election results could have been changed. Raffensperger replied, "We hadn't crossed that bridge yet, but I wouldn't think so."
When asked about Trump's efforts, Raffensperger said an "outreach to that extent was extraordinary."
The prosecution played audio clips from the Trump-Raffensperger call in court.
Raffensperger noted, at the prosecutor's prodding, that no one from the Department of Justice or the White House counsel's office was on the call.
"I thought that it was a campaign call," he said.
The defense tried to underscore that federal law enforcement has an interest in investigating fraud allegations, but Raffensperger then noted that when law enforcement investigates fraud allegations, they're asked to turn information over to the FBI or prosecutors, not a campaign.
-ABC News' Riley Hoffman, Mike Levine, Soorin Kim and Will Steakin