While Mark Meadows appeals his removal rejection in Georgia, three “fake electors” who are also trying to move their state charges to federal court should likewise be denied. After the three co-defendants’ federal court hearing Wednesday, it may only be a matter of time before the same judge who ruled against Meadows rules against them as well.....

So what’s the three fake electors’ removal argument? The indictment alleges, among other things, that David Shafer, Shawn Still and Cathy Latham unlawfully held themselves out as the duly elected and qualified presidential electors from Georgia in the 2020 election.

At the hearing Wednesday, their lawyers said the three had “believed they were legally preserving Mr. Trump’s rights in case a lawsuit challenging the election at the time ended up in his favor,” The New York Times reported. One of the lawyers said they had been “contingent” electors rather than fake ones, with a lawyer for the state countering that not only were they not federal officials, they weren’t electors at all, the Times reported.

Against that backdrop, it’s difficult to see the three succeeding in showing that they acted under federal authority. But Jones still has to rule for us to find that out officially. We’re also still waiting for a ruling on co-defendant Jeffrey Clark’s removal effort, following the former Justice Department lawyer’s apparently bad day in court earlier this week.