by kenneth chesebro, and it s gonna affect how this all plays out. and donald trump s lawyers came in right behind that, saying that if this motion is granted, we want a severance. they want to separate? exactly. they said of any other defendants ask for the same they want to be separated from them as well. it s a good question about what the tactical advantages for kenneth chesebro. could be a couple of things. he could be hoping that the dea is not ready. when i was a prosecutor i used to worry about this. what if someone demands a speedy trial. we re not necessarily ready. i would guess that she is ready. and maybe they want a speedy trial. the reason what we have the speedy trial protections of the constitution is because people are not supposed to have cases lingering over them for longer than necessary. or it could be that this is a coordinated, tactical maneuver where it was basically decided that somebody go firstly. the canary in the coal mine. get out there,
schedule. trump opposes that trial date. let s go to our cnn senior justice correspondent, evan perez. evan, what s the latest on this case, an argument about the dates, what else after trump surrendered? we expect that the former president has brought on a new attorney, steve saydel, then we re gonna start seeing a lot of legal activity pick up from the former president. for instance, one of the things we expect that he s going to do is try to remove this case from the state court, bring into federal court. there s a couple of advantages there. a bigger wider jury pool, but eventually he s going to argue that this case should be dismissed, that he should be immune to all of this. and so all of those are going to be arguments that are going to be heard in the coming months. you also saw, already, some activity from his legal team. they are trying to sever at least part of the case because at least one of the former presidents codefendants ask for a speedy trial. so that tri
Georgia has a strict city trial law that says of the defendant wants to be tried quickly, he has a right to be a charged with what amounts to this case by november of this year. 2023, not 2024. the trial has to start by then. and the dea has agreed to this, and the judge has agreed to, this now the question is, will any of the other defendants be pulled forward to have a trial that quickly? the dea, fani willis, has said that i am ready to try all 19 of them. in late october, 2023. the problem though is she cannot force people who do not want a speedy trial, she cannot force defendants who do not want a speedy trial. the former president doesn t want a speedy trial? exactly, he wants the slowest trial properly. and we re gonna have at least two separate trials, maybe more. and the tactical advantages for the later trials. because you get to see the governments hold case. you get to see the witnesses take the stand, you get to see cross-examination. what worked, what did not. so it