When he tried to get his case transferred out of Georgia state court to federal court, Trump argued he was entitled to do that because he was a federal officer performing his official duties. But now that he’s facing removal from state ballots under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which forbids officers of the U.S. who have taken an oath to support the Constitution but engaged in insurrection from holding federal public office, he’s claiming he’s not an officer of the U.S. He can’t have it both ways.

@georgetakei Fake News! Trump never made that argument in the Georgia case. There was a lot of *speculation* about him trying to get it moved to federal court, but that didn't actually happen:
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-move-georgia-case-federal-court-after-judge-103581654

...He did, however, make that argument in the *New York* case ;)
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23798502-trump-filing-to-move-ny-case-to-federal-court
(Section IV, particularly parts 15 and 17 if anyone else is checking. But I'm not seeing any technicalities here, that and the 14th amendment and 28 U.S. Code § 1442 all use the exact phrase "officer of the United States")

Trump won't try to move Georgia case to federal court after judge rejected similar bid by Meadows

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump say he will not seek to get his Georgia election interference case transferred to federal court

ABC News