with that, let s get smarter with help of our leadoff panel tonight. my friend, katie benner is here, pulitzer prize-winning reporter for the new york times, shannon mccaffrey, editor of the atlanta journal-constitution s georgia grand jury coverage, and barb mcquade, a veteran federal prosecutor, and former attorney for the eastern district of michigan. shannon, you are our hometown reporter tonight, help us understand this. fani willis appears to be taking the idea of a speedy trial to a whole other level with this request. what do we need to know? well, she said all along, you know, since this case began, we realized there were 19 defendants here that she wants these folks tried all together. she has said of the r. i. c. o. law, one of the reasons she likes it, is that it gives a jury the totality of a case, right? they re not seeing one angle of it. they re seeing the whole case. in her mind, this was all part of a criminal conspiracy. she wants to try these folks together. what
attorney for the eastern district of michigan. shannon, you are our hometown reporter tonight, help us understand this. fani willis appears to be taking the idea of a speedy trial to a whole other level with this request. what do we need to know? well, she said all along, you know, since this case began, we realized there were 19 defendants here that she wants these folks tried all together. she has said of the r.i.c.o. law, one of the reasons she likes it, is that it gives a jury the totality of a case, right? they re not seeing one angle of it. they re seeing the whole case. in her mind, this was all part of a criminal conspiracy. she wants to try these folks together. what s interesting is you have some of these defendants, you mentioned can t chesebro and sidney powell, wanting to go fast, and you have donald trump s lawyer who said he wants to sever from them and wants to slow down. i feel like you have both ends working against each other here. some folks want to be done in