Key points from the initial televised hearing on Donald Trump’s indictment in Fulton County.
The Details of Former President Donald Trump’s Fulton County, Georgia, Racketeering Trial
The details of former President Donald Trump’s Fulton County, Georgia, racketeering trial began to unfold on Wednesday in the first televised hearing in the case since the indictment was handed up last month.
Special prosecutor Nathan Wade spoke on behalf of the district attorney’s office and said he expects a four-month-long trial with more than 150 witnesses. The hearing was over Trump’s former lawyers-turned-co-defendants’ bid to have their cases severed from the other 17 defendants.
Four Takeaways from the Wednesday Hearing:
- Trial is scheduled to begin for Chesebro and Powell on Oct. 23
- McAfee seems skeptical of trying Trump and others so soon
- Jury selection will take a long time
- Legal distancing strategy unfolds for pair of defendants
While McAfee suggested he would separate Powell and Chesebro from the other 17, he ruled from the bench to deny their motions to sever their cases from one another. Through that ruling, he held they will go to trial on Oct. 23.
McAfee did not appear convinced by prosecutors on District Attorney Fani Willis’s team that they could hold a joint trial for all 19 defendants in October.
The eventual jury selection for the racketeering trial will almost assuredly prevent the actual trial from commencing in late October, Lieb said.
Attorneys for the two defendants on Wednesday sought to distance their clients from each other and the 17 co-defendants in the case.
Chesebro is charged with violating the Georgia Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, conspiracy to impersonate a public officer, two counts of conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree, two counts of conspiracy to commit false statements and writings, and conspiracy to commit filing false documents. Chesebro has pleaded not guilty and contends he was giving legal advice to Trump.
Powell, who has also pleaded not guilty, is charged with racketeering, conspiracy to commit election fraud, conspiracy to commit computer theft, trespass and invasion of privacy, and conspiracy to defraud the state. Prosecutors claimed Powell’s computer theft charge is related to an effort to access voting machines improperly in Coffee County, Georgia.
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