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shannon: fani willis wanted to try all 19 together which to most of us seemed like a very ambitious undertaking. you ve already had one split off, sidney powell seeking a speedy trial, and then we have five at least the new york times reporting that they want to move over to federal court, so how would that work? do you think there s a chance it gets granted, and how would it benefit these defendants? it s like a potato sack race with 38 legs. it s hard enough to do it with two people. and these people are very different in many respects. they re charged with a wide variety of crimes, and she links them all together with this conspiracy theory that at at a point seems to break down. there is a compelling argument for trump and meadows and perhaps others that this should be removed to federal court under a federal statute. others are going to want a speedy trial, and is a speedy trial may be an advantage if nothing else not to be tried en masse, because what the georgia prosecutors
shannon: fani willis wanted to try all 19 together which to most of us seemed like a very ambitious undertaking. you ve already had one split off, sidney powell seeking a speedy trial, and then we have five at least the new york times reporting that they want to move over to federal court, so how would that work? do you think there s a chance it gets granted, and how would it benefit these defendants? it s like a potato sack race with 38 legs. it s hard enough to do it with two people. and these people are very different in many respects. they re charged with a wide variety of crimes, and she links them all together with this conspiracy theory that at at a point seems to break down. there is a compelling argument for trump and meadows and perhaps others that this should be removed to federal court under a federal statute. others are going to want a speedy trial, and is a speedy trial may be an advantage if nothing else not to be tried en masse, because what the georgia prosecutors
particularly with donald trump. the march date borders on the laughable. this is like a potato sack race. we have 38 legs. you ever tried to do a sack race with just one person? you have to move in unison. these defendants can t do that. some will seek to move this case to the federal court and donald trump has a strong argument. another one wants a speedy trial. you have two dates. one in october for the first defendant. it will get messy. sean: the history. i read this transcript over and over again in atlanta. it s a long transcript. he talks about scenarios where he felt they did not do a good enough job investigating whether or not these were valid boats. votes. the media and the prosecutors seem to have to settled on i