Representative’s husband dies in plane crash
WASHINGTON — Eugene Peltola Jr., the husband of Rep. Mary Peltola, died following a plane crash, the Alaska Democrat’s office announced Wednesday.
Peltola is returning to Alaska to be with family, according to a statement from her chief of staff, Anton McParland.
“He was one of those people that was obnoxiously good at everything. He had a delightful sense of humor that lightened the darkest moments. He was definitely the cook in the family. And family was most important to him,” McParland wrote.
“He was completely devoted to his parents, kids, siblings, extended family, and friends — and he simply adored Mary. We are heartbroken for the family’s loss.”
Peltola was piloting a single-engine Piper PA-18 when it crashed shortly after takeoff near St. Mary’s, Alaska.
Mary Peltola became the first Alaska Native to serve in Congress and the first woman to represent her state in the House when she won an August 2022 special election.
—CQ-Roll Call
Judge rejects Mark Meadows’ request
ATLANTA – A federal judge has rejected a request by Donald Trump’s former chief of staff to stay court proceedings against him in Fulton County.
U.S. District Judge Steve Jones last week rejected Mark Meadows’ request to move his case to federal court. Meadows sought a stay in the proceedings while he appealed Jones’ ruling.
On Tuesday, Jones rejected that request. Among other things, Jones found that Meadows’ appeal is not likely to be successful and had not shown he would be irreparably harmed unless a stay was granted.
Meadows is one of 19 defendants — including Trump — named in a 41-count indictment issued by a Fulton County grand jury last month. The indictment accuses the former White House chief of staff and others of illegally conspiring to overturn Democrat Joe Biden’s 2020 victory in Georgia.
Meadows participated in the January 2021 phone call in which Trump asked Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” the 11,780 votes he needed to defeat Biden. Meadows also arranged Trump’s call to a state investigator conducting an audit of absentee ballot signatures in Cobb County and showed up unannounced during the audit.
—The Atlanta
