Mark Meadows pleads not guilty in Georgia election fraud case

Ex-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows has pleaded not guilty to charges he conspired with former President Donald Trump to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia — allowing him to dodge having to appear in an Atlanta courthouse this week.

Meadows — who was indicted alongside Trump and 17 others in the Fulton County case last month — had been scheduled to face a judge for his arraignment Wednesday, but instead entered a plea in court papers filed late last week.

In the filing, which was made public in the court case Tuesday, Meadows, 64, pleaded his innocence and said he’d discussed the charges with his lawyer and waived his right to an arraignment hearing.

All the other co-defendants — except Misty Hampton whose plea wasn’t yet posted in the case — also entered written not-guilty pleas and waived their right to arraignment hearings, skirting having to show up to court.

Among them was Trump, 77, who pleaded not guilty in writing last week.

Meadows is currently seeking to move his case to federal court, claiming his prior job as a White House official carrying out his official duties shielded him from state charges — a move which four others in the case are also pursuing.

All the defendants were charged with racketeering charges but Meadows faces additional allegations of trying to get Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to violate his oath of office — when he and Trump called the Georgia pol on Jan. 2, 2021 trying to get him to “find” the votes needed for the ex-president to win the state.

Meadows and Raffensperger both testified in Atlanta federal court on Aug. 28 in the hearing where the former chief of staff was making his argument to move the case.

He has been free on $100,000 bond since the Aug. 14 Fulton County indictment.

An embattled Trump also faces three other criminal cases, including a New York state “hush money” case, a Florida documents mishandling case and a Washington DC case for election interference.

He has maintained his innocence on all of the charges.

With Post wires