Former President Donald Trump will not head to trial next month alongside two of his co-defendants whose prosecutions in the sweeping Georgia election interference case were severed by a judge Thursday.
But McAfee declined an effort by Chesebro and Powell to separate their cases from each other, meaning they are both set to head to the same trial on Oct. 23.
The ruling is a blow to Georgia prosecutors who wanted to keep all 19 co-defendants together in the case.
McAfee wrote in his order that severing Chesebro and Powell was "simply a procedural and logistical inevitability."
"The Fulton County Courthouse simply contains no courtroom adequately large enough to hold all 19 defendants, their multiple attorneys and support staff, the sheriff's deputies, court personnel, and the State's prosecutorial team," McAfee wrote.
Persons:
Donald Trump, Scott McAfee, Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell, Fani Willis, McAfee, Powell
Organizations:
U.S, Reagan Washington National Airport
Locations:
Washington, Arlington , Virginia, U.S, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Fulton