A US judge has denied a request from Mark Meadows, a Trump aide charged in the Georgia election meddling probe, to move his case to a federal court.

Former US President Donald Trump and other co-defendants in the same case had hinted they might also try to move their cases out of Georgia state court.

But the latest ruling indicates any similar such legal manoeuvres may fail.

Mr Meadows is charged with Donald Trump and 17 others with a conspiracy to overturn Georgia’s 2020 vote results.

Friday’s ruling against the former White House chief of staff means the case by Fulton County, Georgia, prosecutors has survived its first major test.