Meadows was one of 19 people indicted in Georgia and accused of participating in an illegal scheme to keep then-President Donald Trump in power after he lost the 2020 election. Trump was also charged, although after winning re-election last week After any trial seems unlikely, at least while he is in office. Both men have denied wrongdoing.

It is unclear what effect the election results could have on other defendants in the case, which is largely on hold after an appeals court agreed to review whether to remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. for her romantic relationship with the special prosecutor she had hired to lead. the case.

Meadows had gone to the Supreme Court in an effort to remove the charges from Georgia courts. He maintains that the case belongs in federal court because it relates to his duties as a federal official, and pointed to the Supreme Court ruling granting Trump broad immunity from criminal prosecution to support his argument.