ken cheeseborough, requested a speedy trial and in georgia it is very specific, you have to have it within a specific timeframe. that is why he asked for a speedy trial. she came back and said okay, october 23rd. when you look at this, people say this seems strikingly absurd, how could you possibly be ready for a trial, but the prosecutor had to stand already the ready this second this case was indicted and be prepared to go forward. does a benefit act to find it, in a case like, this to go so quickly? i don t think so, i think it is an interesting strategy. it s not a motion to sever, it s not that he s asking to go alone, he is just asking to go. it s entirely possible that there will be other defendants who will go along with him. in fact, this entire trial could be brought on october 23rd, but we ll see what happens. the trump team indicates they want some sort of a continuum, to perform a defendant, it s interesting strategy. when you file a motion, or you file a demand for a
so connect what you know from your committee work to the other work that you just mentioned at the top of the interview, as a federal prosecutor. when you see some of these defendants now trying to get into federal court, or trying to get a separate trial, if you are on the defense councils, is that what you would want to do? do you think that if most of them are in the court at the same time, does it make it easier for fani willis to prove the conspiracy? i think it is a tactical move by defendants to peel away. if you are a lesser, least kabul defendant in a multi defendant criminal conspiracy, it is in your interest to not be sitting next to the leader of the conspiracy. you want to peel off. i think the speedy trial request followed by ken chesbrough reflects that, it is, for him, he wants to go quickly, he wants evidence limited to him and in the case in which he has severed from the group, it would be a much more streamlined case and a better chance for him to prevail. i thin
in minutes if we had to. so they are suggesting that they are prepared to go forward. the other interesting thing about this case is that, if it goes forward, even if donald trump is not a part of this case, meaning that he is not sitting there at a council table, also on, trial is going to be very much present during the trial because every single one of donald trump s acts are going to be acts in furtherance of a conspiracy and mr. chesbrough is in charged with being a part of. now, he doesn t have to wait. transportation have to wait for the removal decision for say, mark meadows. it doesn t have to wait for all that to be unpacked. he had he can call for its own individual speedy trial. i do wonder what you think of the likelihood of getting a conviction on the 19th, and i should note for everyone that just because you have a trial date starting it doesn t mean that you have got to complete your jury selection by october 23rd, that might be the big lift here is to start something
four different states, and he s running for president at the same time. there are a whole lot of things going on, he s already back in bedminster. so what is next? so, one of the first things that he is done today is to shake up his legal team. you know, he hired lawyers, he s very capable, it s well-known in atlanta, he is going to be good for the former president now that he is going to be facing a real trial, it appears in atlanta. it was something that he needed so the next thing that we expect is that mr. say tao is going to start doing the lawyer doing, and he s going to try to pick off weaknesses in this case, that the dea has presented. we re going to get the first look we re going to get a little bit of an inkling of where this is going on monday, where mark meadows has made the move to try to get this trial, this case brought from state
then you get to the exurbs and further into northern georgia and it also depends on if they include the whole northern circuit or just this immediate you lawyers know this a little bit better, but it depends on how encompassing if they agreed to move the trial to federal court. but i do want to bring up one more point, is that fani willis has brought up that if the chief of staff, meadows, is saying i was acting in my official capacity when i was doing all of this, is that a potential hatch act violation because you re not supposed to use your official office for campaign duties, representative kinzinger knows all about those separations, if you will. so, i think that is an interesting wrinkle to that. it is like, if he is saying, if that is believable, if the court except what he s saying, is he now creating other problems for himself? i think that might come out also on monday. a quick thing on the hatch