Here are takeaways from Wednesday’s hearing:Judge skeptical of a quick and joint trialMcAfee expressed skepticism about Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ desire to hold a joint trial for all 19 defendants in October.
“It just seems a bit unrealistic that we can handle all 19 (defendants) in 40-something days,” McAfee said.
Trump is at the center of the Fulton County prosecutors’ alleged conspiracy, even as they charged 18 other co-defendants for taking part in efforts to overturn the 2020 election result.
Special counsel Jack Smith took a different approach in his federal election subversion case, charging Trump alone and including six unindicted co-conspirators – several of whom are now Trump’s co-defendants in Fulton County.
Scott Grubman, an attorney for Chesebro, suggested Trump’s presence in the Fulton County case could cloud how a jury views the other defendants.
Persons:
Donald Trump, it’s, Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell, Scott McAfee, Powell –, McAfee, Fani Willis ’, Willis, ” McAfee, Nathan Wade, What’s, ”, Judge, Powell, Chesebro, Sydney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro Getty, Kenneth Chesbro “, Cheseboro, Michael Moore, ” Moore, ’, Manny Arora, ” Arora, Arora, Trump, Brian Rafferty, Rafferty, “, Will Wooten, ” Wooten, Jack Smith, –, Scott Grubman, ” Grubman, Grubman, Meadows, Mark Meadows, – Robert Cheeley, Jeffrey Clark, Shawn Still –
Organizations:
CNN, Trump, Chesebro, RICO, McAfee, White House
Locations:
Fulton County , Georgia, Fulton County, Georgia, Coffee County , Georgia, Coffee County, Fulton, Chesebro