{"id":2019743,"date":"2023-09-01T18:25:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T22:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-co-defendants-join-him-in-skipping-georgia-rico-case-arraignment\/"},"modified":"2023-09-01T18:26:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T22:26:28","slug":"trumps-co-defendants-join-him-in-skipping-georgia-rico-case-arraignment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-co-defendants-join-him-in-skipping-georgia-rico-case-arraignment\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s co-defendants also skip Georgia RICO case arraignment."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrumps-co-defendants-join-him-in-skipping-georgia-rico-case-arraignment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2019743&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former President Donald Trump and Co-Defendants Plead \u2063Not Guilty in Racketeering Indictment<\/h2>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump\u2064 and his 18 co-defendants, who are named \u200din a racketeering indictment\u200b in Georgia, have entered\u2062 not guilty pleas \u200cand waived their arraignment\u2064 appearances. This move comes as they face\u200b 13 felonies for their\u200b alleged illegal \u200cattempt to \u2064overturn the 2020 election\u2062 in\u2062 Georgia.<\/p>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s Plea and Waiver<\/h3>\n<p>Trump submitted his\u2064 plea on Thursday, joining the others who were scheduled for \u200darraignments on \u200bSeptember 6. However, a\u2063 standing order\u2062 by Judge Scott McAfee \u2064allows defendants to waive their arraignments and enter not\u2063 guilty pleas without \u200cphysically appearing in \u200ccourt.<\/p>\n<p>According to McAfee&#8217;s order, defendants\u2062 must\u200c submit their waivers at least 48 hours prior to \u200cthe hearing date\u200b to be excused from appearing.<\/p>\n<h3>Waivers Filed by Co-Defendants<\/h3>\n<p>As of Friday evening, the following individuals have filed waivers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Donald Trump<\/li>\n<li>Kenneth Chesebro<\/li>\n<li>Michael Roman<\/li>\n<li>Ray Smith<\/li>\n<li>Sidney Powell<\/li>\n<li>Harrison \u200dFloyd<\/li>\n<li>Robert David Cheeley<\/li>\n<li>Scott Hall<\/li>\n<li>Jenna Ellis<\/li>\n<li>Trevian Kutti<\/li>\n<li>Rudy Giuliani<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In \u200baddition to the waivers,\u200b various motions have been filed by the co-defendants \u2064and Fulton County District Attorney Fani\u2064 Willis,\u200d resulting in\u200c a complex web\u2063 of requests that\u200c Judge McAfee and U.S. District Judge Steve Jones are \u200ccurrently\u200c sorting out.<\/p>\n<h3>Speedy Trials and Severance Requests<\/h3>\n<p>Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro are\u200d seeking \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-pence-pandering-to-d-c-media-is-pathetic-and-disqualifying\/\" title=\"Mike Pence Pandering To D.C. Media Is Pathetic And Disqualifying\">speedy trials<\/a>, which have been \u2064set for October 23 by Judge McAfee.\u200b However, Chesebro\u200c has also requested to be tried separately from Powell. Meanwhile, Trump&#8217;s attorney has\u2064 requested to sever his case from \u200cboth Powell and Chesebro, citing the need \u200cfor due process.<\/p>\n<p>Ray Smith filed a motion on Friday to sever all the defendants&#8217; cases into groups to be determined after\u2064 reviewing the discovery in \u2063the case. Smith&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/group-led-by-longtime-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">trump<\/a>-attorney-argues-impeachment-trial-unconstitutional\/&#8221; title=&#8221;Group Led by Longtime Trump Attorney Argues Impeachment Trial Unconstitutional&#8221;>attorney argues<\/a> that the complexity\u200b of\u200b the case, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-co-defendants-join-him-in-skipping-georgia-rico-case-arraignment\/\" title=\"Trump's co-defendants also skip Georgia RICO case arraignment.\">involving numerous predicate acts<\/a> \u200band \u200cwitnesses, would make \u2064it difficult \u2062for the jury to comprehend.<\/p>\n<h3>Moving Cases \u200cto Federal Court<\/h3>\n<p>Mark Meadows, Trump&#8217;s former chief of staff,\u2063 and\u2063 four\u200d others are attempting to move \u2064their cases from state to \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-court-is-fast-tracking-sidney-powells-request-for-a-forensic-exam-of-dominion-voting-machines\/\" title=\"Federal Court Is Fast-Tracking Sidney Powell\u2019s Request For A Forensic Exam Of Dominion Voting Machines\">federal court<\/a>. \u2062Trump and other defendants may also pursue\u200b the\u2064 same\u2062 course of action. Meadows was the first \u200dto file for federal removal and had a hearing on Monday in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>During \u2064the hearing, Meadows testified for hours,\u2064 asserting that any actions he \u200dtook, which are now being \u2062used against him in the indictment, \u2063were done in his official capacity as chief \u200dof\u200d staff.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Steve\u200d Jones \u200bis expected to rule on Meadows&#8217;s motion soon, and this decision \u2063will have significant \u2062implications for others attempting the same removal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to \u200bread\u200c more from The\u200b Washington\u200d Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump and his 18 co-defendants, accused in a racketeering indictment in Georgia, have pleaded not guilty and waived their arraignment appearances. Trump, facing 13 felonies for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 election, entered his plea on Thursday. 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