who are now facing charges for allegedly assaulting police officers at the riot. the two men and a woman evaded authorities until saturday and are expected to appear in federal court on monday. the justice department says almost 900 people have been found guilty of federal crimes related to the insurrection. still to come, voting is under way in bangladesh in the country s general election marred by violence and opposition boycott. we ll have a live update for you next.
appropriate run one but beyond, that the proceedings. so, i think it s the normalcy of seeing the process actually working that is actually what is surprising. that s the unusual thing. here gwen keyes fleming, i ve got to ask the judge who basically said, your case has no merit, mr. meadows, we are not going to delay your arrest until the same judge rules on his petition to have this thrown into federal court on monday. that do you think that this means that the idea that this case, the state case, goes to federal court, is a nonstarter? i mean, it is the same judge that is making the decision today that is going to be making the decision on monday. so, you are right. it is the same judge. and that is a factor of what i understand to be the federal rules related about related cases. but these are two different issues. judge jones ruled today, saying that basically, the state case would move forward, including the aspects of arrests of turning oneself in. so, this was a pro
until the same judge rules on his petition to have this thrown into federal court on monday. that do you think that this means that the idea that this case, the state case, goes to federal court, is a nonstarter? i mean, it is the same judge that is making the decision today that is going to be making the decision on monday. so, you are right. it is the same judge. and that is a factor of what i understand to be the federal rules related about related cases. but these are two different issues. judge jones ruled today, saying that basically, the state case would move forward, including the aspects of arrests of turning oneself in. so, this was a procedural ruling, if you will. the original the motions asked that the
infamous january 2nd call. monday s hearing i think will give us a good indication of whether mark meadows is likely to succeed in having this case moved to federal court at all. gwen you know very well the way the courts work in georgia. how fast is this? is this the norm? first of all, i think it s important to understand that anytime a defendant files a demand for speedy trial, the prosecutor has to try that case either within the existing term of court, which would end at the end of august, or the next term of court, which ends at the end of october. so by receiving this motion, the d.a. really does not have any other option other than to attempt to schedule the trial before the end of october. a jury must be sworn by the end of the succeeding term, from when the demand was filed.
the judge were to begin this trial that quickly. what s her play here, do you imagine here, lisa? i can almost hear the collective panicking that s going on or at least the getting ready of filings by defense attorneys saying this can t happen. reporter: well, you know, chris, in addition to their saying this can t happen, we also have a question of where this case is going to be tried in the first place. vaughn was talking about sort of the different interests among defendants about timing, but they also have different interests in terms of where this case is tried. mark meadows has a hearing on his motion to remove the case to federal court on monday. that s an evidentiary hearing and we ve since learned that fani willis has subpoenaed two witnesses, georgia secretary of the state brad raffensperger and fran watson who was telephoned by trump personally before that