"Modestly partisan Republicans" in Orange County may be pivotal in deciding hotly contested congressional races that could decide which party controls the House.
"Modestly partisan Republicans" in Orange County may be pivotal in deciding hotly contested congressional races that could decide which party controls the House.
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the fulton county case have surrendered we are getting into the complicated questions about how the trial will proceed. we are seeing that even in some cases the defendants themselves are at odds with each other. for instance, two of the defendants, kenneth chesebro and sidney powell requested a speedy trial. that s something that former president donald trump is opposed to doing. a judge set a case date for chesebro in october. it remains to be seen what that means for the rest of the defendants. now, another issue here is whether this case is kept in state court or moved into federal court. we have seen five of the 19 defendants have made a request to move their case into federal court. this is significant because it would change the jury pool. in state court, it would be in fulton county, a very blue county, but the federal court would expand the district and the jury pool potentially inc including more pro-trump jurors. with monday we will get the first hearing about the venue of
willis wants. the former president and his lawyers do not want to have a trial so quickly so that issue is going to have to be litigated ahead of the trial. another issue is which venue is this trial going to take place in, whether it s going to be in state court or federal court. we ve seen 5 of the 19 defendants that have made a request to move their cases to federal course, that includes mark meadows, jeffrey clark, the former doj official, and three georgia officials who served as fake electors. now, one of the reasons they re doing this is that the jury pool in fulton county, it s a very blue county, if you move it into the federal district, you include more of the county surrounding fulton county, which gives you potentially a more pro-trump jury pool. on monday there will be a hearing for mark meadows request and we could get a preview of the case against meadows and the other defendants as fani willis has subpoenaed