Dont yet know what the fate of Mark Meadows Motion to remove to Federal Court will be. Its very easy to look at this through a vacuum but remember, theres already a moment now to say can i get some of these cases into Federal Court. This is all considering and assuming thats not going to happen because without mark meadows or others it would be, you know, not 19 people. But this is going to be a very interesting hearing to get the room, the temperature of whats happening there. And also what is the preparation like right now for fani willis. Is she really ready to go . And are those Defense Counsels who asked for an earlier trial date, were they calling a bluff or will their bluff now be called . And we will find out fairly soon. Sara, its interesting because we know that as all of this is unfolding right now a federal judge could rule at any moment now whether to allow the former white house Chief Of Staff mark meadows to move his case from a state court in georgia to a federal trial.
color of meadows s office, be sufficient for federal removal of a criminal prosecution? we will get the answer to that question in a moment from our legal experts. less than an hour after the federal judge issued that order, district attorney fani willis filed a motion asking georgia state court judge, scott mcafee, to clarify s ruling, granting defended kenneth chesebro s motion for a speedy trial. district attorney willis said, the state of georgia respectfully six clarification from the court as to whether the courts intention was to sever defended chesebro s trial from the other defendants further if the courts intention indeed was to sever defined chesebro s trial from the defendants because defended chesebro has not filed a motion to sever, and because the court has filed no hearing on a
federal judge issued that order, district attorney fani willis filed a motion asking georgia state court judge, scott mcafee, to clarify s ruling, granting defended kenneth chesebro s motion for a speedy trial. district attorney willis said, the state of georgia respectfully six clarification from the court as to whether the courts intention was to sever defended chesebro s trial from the other defendants further if the courts intention indeed was to sever defined chesebro s trial from the defendants because defended chesebro has not filed a motion to sever, and because the court has filed no hearing on a motion to sever, the state of georgia respectfully requests that the court set aside its scheduling audit to the extent that the order states at this time these deadlines do not apply to any codefendant. the state of georgia for the
motion to sever, the state of georgia respectfully requests that the court set aside its scheduling audit to the extent that the order states at this time these deadlines do not apply to any codefendant. the state of georgia for the respectfully requests that the court set a deadline for any defendant wishing to file a motion to sever, allow the parties, including the state of georgia, sufficient time to brief the severance issue. the state maintains its position that severance is improper at this juncture, and all defendants should be tried together. judge mcafee has scheduled the speedy trial for defendant chesebro for october 23rd last then two months from tonight. defendant sydney powell, one of the eight lawyers who are criminal defendants in the case, as also filed a motion requesting a speedy trial. leading off our discussion
respectfully requests that the court set a deadline for any defendant wishing to file a motion to sever, allow the parties, including the state of georgia, sufficient time to brief the severance issue. the state maintains its position that severance is improper at this juncture, and all defendants should be tried together. judge mcafee has scheduled the speedy trial for defendant chesebro for october 23rd last then two months from tonight. defendant sydney powell, one of the eight lawyers who are criminal defendants in the case, as also filed a motion requesting a speedy trial. leading off our discussion tonight is gglenn kirschner, former federal prosecutor, and the host of the justice matters podcast. he s an msnbc legal analyst. also with us, amy lee copeland, criminal defense attorney and former georgia federal prosecutor. glenn, let s go to what s happening in the federal court