Prosecutors allege Mr Meadows helped to fuel the 2020 conspiracy by making false statements about the election.
Donald Trump's former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and two other allies of the former US president have pleaded not guilty to charges in the Georgia election subversion case.They form part of Mr Trump's 17 co-defendants, accused of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat
Mr Meadows allegedly took part in the call in which Mr Trump pushed the Georgia secretary of state to "find" enough votes Mr Meadows and lawyers John Eastman and Jeffrey Clark all entered their pleas in paperwork and waived formal arraignment, which had been scheduled for Wednesday in Fulton County Superior Court.along with Mr Trump and 15 co-defendants, with trying to overturn Mr Trump's 2020 election defeat to Democrat Joe Biden.
He also took part in the alleged phone call in which Mr Trump pushed Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to "find" enough votes to reverse his narrow loss in the state.Mr Meadows and four other co-conspirators are seeking to move the charges against them to federal court.Mr Eastman represented Mr Trump in a lawsuit to overturn voting results in four states the former president lost in 2020.
Mr Clark was a high-ranking US Justice Department official who allegedly sought to persuade Mr Trump to oust acting attorney-general Jeffrey Rosen so that he could take over the department and open an investigation into voter fraud in Georgia and other states.
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