For that, no problem? listen, after 25 years of experience in that office, and having worked personally with fani willis, i can tell you that her team is ready and prepared to go. they were ready for trial when the indictment was handed down. those folks have got their witnesses lined up, and they have got their trial notebooks all set and when october comes, they ll be prepared. and a bit of quick insight. the fact that there are 19 people on this indictment, under rico, this is not unprecedented for this office. d.a. willis and myself, a few years ago, had a rico case in which 35 individuals were indicted under rico. 21 of those individuals entered into negotiated guilty pleas and accepted responsibility and testified during the trial with
Co-defendants with meddling in the 2020 georgia presidential election loss. on thursday, the district attorney filed a motion requesting a trial date of october 23rd, 2023. that date was set after kenneth chesebro, the co-defendant, considered the architect of the fake electors plot, requested a speedy trial as his right. his trial is set to begin on that date. and more activity overnight as the co-defendants continue to turn themselves in, including former department of justice official jeffrey clark. two co-defendants remain and they have just hours left to surrender. fani willis has given the noon deadline today for that to happen. victor, poppy. nick valencia outside the jail for us, thank you. a lot to get to with our team, national politics team leader for bloomberg mario parker with us at the table, with political reporter for the atlanta journal constitution patricia murphy, former
12 that actually will try together, the longest criminal jury trial in georgia history, a little more than eight months. but the complex was able to accommodate all those defendants, all those lawyers, all the evidence and we were able to present a comprehensive case to the jury and 11 of the 12 received guilty convictions and so the prospect of this case is not overwhelming or unprecedented for this defense team and this office. they have a lot of experience in rico, including an ongoing one right now. appreciate it. very good to have all of your perspective. next, hear from vladimir putin as he make his first remark since the man who led an armed rebellion against him reportedly died in a plane crash. we ll take you live to russia. also this morning, cnn grease on the ground there reporting four arrests have been made as police investigate what started those massive wildfires in the western part of the country. they re looking into whether arsonists are to blame. right now, acr