codefendants saying, not so fast, we are not demanding a speedy trial. in fact, we are prepared to waive our speedy trial rights, and we re going to need far more time to prepare. a chorus of voices singing some special song. sydney powell, one of trump s other campaign lawyers, has also filed for a speedy trial. today, she pleaded not guilty, waving an arraignment on september 6th. meanwhile, mark meadows request to move his case to federal court is now in the hands of a judge who is asking for more information before making any decision. a judge has asked fani willis s team for more details. both sides have until five pm thursday to respond.
codefendants saying, not so fast, we are not demanding a speedy trial. in fact, we are prepared to waive our speedy trial rights, and we re going to need far more time to prepare. a chorus of voices singing some special song. sydney powell, one of trump s other campaign lawyers, has also filed for a speedy trial. today, she pleaded not guilty, waving an arraignment on september 6th. meanwhile, mark meadows request to move his case to federal court is now in the hands of a judge who is asking for more information before making any decision. a judge has asked fani willis s team for more details. both sides have until five pm thursday to respond. with that, let s get smarter with help of our leadoff panel tonight. my friend, katie benner is here, pulitzer prize-winning reporter for the new york times, shannon mccaffrey, editor of the atlanta journal-constitution s georgia grand jury coverage, and barb mcquade, a veteran federal prosecutor, and former
nick valencia live for us in atlanta. thank you. jim? let s dig into the law here with georgia state university law professor clark cunningham. gentlemen, thanks so much for joining. you now have three codefendants saying in court filings that they were following the direction of then-president trump now that this is part of an argument to push their cases to a federal court. of course trump a federal official at the time. but to those arguments saying, hey, he had this plan, he told us to carry it out. is that dangerous for trump himself? i think so. i think its dangerous in a couple of ways. one, it puts the responsibility back on him. the codefendants are starting to turn on one another, blame one another, assert responsibility. on top of that, they are saying they were federal officials. at some level he was acting in his capacity as president. mark meadows, though, his chief of staff, said the same thing. clark, so, i ve been told