convicted. but the issue is not whether or not mark meadows was an officer of the federal government. the question really becomes as that officer, was what he was doing part of his role. was it consistent with him being chief of staff and counting electoral votes, challenging the state of georgia, that is not his role. people have that role and that is not his. so that is the problem. all you need is a colorable defense. what does that mean? it hasn t to be a defense that will win unequivocally. but at its face, what he is doing a beyond your job. and that is where it is problematic. how much do you think we ll learn on monday beyond what is in the indict? there may be evidence that weer hear. i think that it will be really tight because you don t want to have a trial within a trial. so we know people are being subpoenaed. we know probably from the state
fulton county voters, there has always been a question are you just allowed to do this, can just say the election was stolen when it wasn t, can you spread rumors, can you lead to people s death threats, can you lead to absolute chaos in an entire state for months on end. is there any consequence for that. and so this tells us that, yes, there are consequences no matter what happens with the trial, this is something that i don t think that even fulton county voters expected to see these kinds of consequences. let s talk about those voters because that is what this is about at the core of it and ruby freeman who has become this example of what those smears do to someone s life. i think that we have sound to remind people of what she and shaye moss endured. there is nowhere i feel safe. nowhere. do you know how it feels to have the president of the united
fani willis charged trump and 18 co-defendants with meddling in the 2020 georgia presidential election ylaws. thursday the district attorney requested a trial date of october 23, 2023. that date set after kenneth chesebro, considered the, a tek architect of the fake electors plot, requested a speedy trial. trump s attorney says he opposes the proposed trial date. and it has been a revolving door of activity here outside the fulton county jail this week, just two of the 19 co-defendants remain and the clock is ticking for them to return themselves in by today s noon deadline. nick, thank you for being there all week for us. and joining us now mario parker, patricia murphy and also former prosecutor jeremy sment
everything. eastman is in a very different position from every other defendant in that he was acting as a lawyer giving legal advice. he was not part of a conspiracy. assuming that there even was a conspiracy. we are going to move to sever his case from the others and move for a separate trial which means that we ll be tried alone. and we believe that the trial eastman alone will take about three weeks. don t moves like that slow all of this down when you are trying to get to trial in 59 days, not to mention by the way the jury process picking a jury, that will be long. doesn t that slow things down? i think just the very nature of the fact that there are 19 defendants with 19 separate counsels and 19 separate perspectives about what is best for their own clients, i think that has every potential to slow things down as well.
everything we heard. and now this first case, not all 19, but this one starts in fewer than two months. what does it looks like inside the d.a. s office? right, right. well, let me tell you, we are going to witness a very high stakes level of chess that will be played by participants on both sides. we re going to see lawyering at its best and it has already started. we ve seen moves made by the district attorney fani willis, we ve seen moves made by various defense counsel. it will continue. the move to file a demand for speedy trial is engrained in our constitution and it puts the state in a posture that the clock is ticking. a failure to bring a trial within the prescribed period of time which for us here in georgia, the statute is very clear, it is two terms of court. each term is two months each. and so the clock is ticking for