'Major surprise': Supreme Court delivers legal blow to former Trump chief of staff

President-elect Donald Trump's former White House chief of staff has suffered a legal blow in the form of a Supreme Court refusal, according to records and reports.

Mark Meadows' argument that he was acting as a "federal officer" when he tried to overturn Georgia's 2020 election results failed to impress the nation's highest court, NBC News was among the first to report Tuesday.

Meadows' name appears on a list of cases the Supreme Court has declined to consider.

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