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the georgia rico case have now been booked and processed at the fulton county jail. meaning, we now have 19 mugshots including the very first one for a former president. and now, at least five former president s codefendants are asked to have their cases moved to federal court. sydney powell has become the second codefendant to request a speedy trial date. john eastman s lawyer says they re meeting this weekend to talk strategy, and that he too is likely to take that route. joining so julie, what s the latest you are hearing with this issue, and anything you hear from the d.a. s office? yeah exactly. well, the latest that we are hearing from dea fani willis is that they propose not over 23rd started, less than two months away, for the start of this trial, for all 19 defendants. that is because of these moves we are seeing by some of the defendants, john eastman, the latest to be considering something like this. for a speedy trial, and under georgia law, they have to grant a speed
chesbrough s trial is now set for october 23rd, we just told you in the last segment, john eastman s lawyer says they meeting this week, to decide. he will likely make the same request, what do they stand to gain and lose from this request? well, one of the things that the other codefendants stand to gain is an early look at the evidence. because, since it is a rico charge, the evidence establishing all elements of the rico can be admitted against each of these people, even as the conspiracies that they weren t part of. it s all what coker arching conspiracy. so those who do not join. i m sure that there was some thought that that fani willis, the district attorney would not be ready at [interpreter] and so they called her bluff under such a stringent law under georgia, for a speedy trial. which means that it must commence before november 3rd. and so, that s why the october
within four months, or the defendants can move to have their cases dismissed altogether. now, we ve heard from the former president on this start date, of course he was unhappy with the initial start date by willis, in this case. his legal team saying that he prefers to start all of his four trials, in these four separate indictments, after the 2024 election. but, as we are talking about trump, and we see that mugshot on the screen, the first u.s. president to have his mugshot taken, he is fundraising off of it. here s what the spokesperson had to say last night, watch. it was i guess, to her probably a trophy. but thank you, because now the trophy actually became ours. the american people aren t stupid, the mugshot was probably one of the best things that ever happened to him probably at this point. so, thank you fanny. well, a group of people who aren t thinking fani willis are house republicans, who are in the former presidents corner. they ve launched investigations
arrest of donald trump. the fulton county d.a., fani willis, requested a trial date and it might surprise, you of october 23rd of this ear. the case that he is brought against the former president as 18 other defendants, now including donald trump and the judge presiding over the case signed off on a quick turnaround to the start of the trial for only one of these defendants in this yearbook spread you see in front of us, kenneth chesebro. we ll discuss now with a former georgia prosecutor chris timmins, he worked for more than 17 years in dekalb and cobb counties. good to see you tonight, chris. george is under the microscope, under a magnifying glass for a very long time now, particularly today and this week. a very notable day. there is a mugshot of the former president of the united states. it was not leaked, it was not somehow nefarious leak obtained, it was published and it is here. what is your reaction?