american history, literally. today was the very first televised hearing in that georgia case against donald trump and 18 of his allies. district attorney fani willis and her team revealed three big things about the election interference charges. first, they want to charge and try all 19 codefendants together. secondly, this trial could last for months. and thirdly, they will call more than 150 different witnesses. that means that the former president of the united states could spend a third of the next year sitting in a courtroom. in just one of his cases, while running for a second term. it is just extraordinary. and we are getting a preview of the tensions to come. two of those codefendants, trump s legal advisor sydney powell, and the so-called architect of the coup plot, kenneth chesebro, they want their trials to be separated, even though, through their lawyers, they, today, started pointing the finger at each other, essentially over who is less crazy. she was fired be
thank you so much for joining us. cnn prime time starts right now. hi, abby! hey, thank you so much. have a good night. good evening, everyone. it is shaping up to be one of the biggest criminal trials in american history. literally. today was the very first televised hearing in that georgia case against donald trump and 18 of his allies. district foreigner fani willis and her team revealed three big things. first, they want to charge and try all 19 co-defendants together. second, this trial could last four months. and third, they ll call more than 150 different witnesses. that means that the former president of the united states could spend a third of the next year sitting in a courtroom. in just one of his cases, while running for a second term. it is just extraordinary. and we are getting a preview of the tensions to come. two of those co-defendants, trump s legal adviser, sidney powell, and the so called architect, they want their cases to be separated. today they sta