The judge overseeing the case against Trump in Fulton County, Georgia has just severed two of the defendants from nineteen that Fani Willis is prosecuting.
As you know, Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell have requested a speedy trial and Judge Scott McAfee has granted their request. In doing so, he suggested that others can join them for a speedy trial as well which could sever more defendants from the now seventeen.
Here’s more from MSN:
The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case has severed the case, ordering that 17 defendants — including former President Donald Trump — will not be tried alongside speedy trial defendants Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell on Oct. 23.
In a blow to prosecutors, Judge Scott McAfee said severing the remaining 17 defendants was “a procedural and logistical inevitability,” and did not rule out the possibility that “additional divisions” may be required later.
The judge, however, said that any defendant who does not waive their right to speedy trial before Oct. 23 will “immediately” join the trial. Trump has already waived his speedy trial rights.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had been seeking to have all 19 defendants in the case stand trial together, arguing that multiple trials would create an “enormous strain” on the court.
McAfee last week ordered Chesebro and Powell to be tried on Oct. 23 after they filed speedy trial requests.
Since they’ll be tried in late October, the judge said he’d try and have the jury sworn in by November 3rd.
This could be a plus for Trump and the seventeen others, considering Willis will have to prosecute her case for all to see in less than two months from now. I’m sure they’ll be watching it very closely and tailoring their defense cases accordingly.