Former President Donald Trump won't have his day in court in October a Georgia judge ruled Thursday, saying the high-profile defendant could sever his case from two co-defendants who want to move more quickly.
Trial for two defendants – lawyers Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell – will go ahead as scheduled Oct. 23.
Those two invoked their right to a speedy trial, but other defendants have not yet done so.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis argued in a filing Tuesday night to try all 19 defendants at once.
Several of the defendants, including Chesebro, Powell, former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, want to be tried separately.
Persons:
Donald Trump, “ Severance, Scott McAfee, Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell –, Fani Willis, Racketeer, Willis, Trump, McAfee, –, ”, Joe Biden's, Powell, Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Chesebro, Meadows
Organizations:
Trump, Trump White House
Locations:
Georgia, Fulton, Fulton County, Atlanta, Meadows