Sidney Powell, a former Trump attorney charged alongside the former president in the Georgia election interference case, has filed a motion for a speedy trial. Powell’s request makes her the second…

Sidney Powell, a former Trump attorney charged alongside the former president in the Georgia election interference case, has filed a motion for a speedy trial.

Powell’s request makes her the second of the 19 charged in the case to do so.

  • Jay K@lemmy.ml
    14·
    10 months ago

    So tactically, if one or two of the group go first, the rest get to see a preview of most of the body of evidence that will be used against them. If there’s any weakness in the presented case, they can craft their defense around it.

    The defendant has a constitutional right to have access to all evidence that will or could be used against them, as well as any exculpatory evidence the prosecutor might have.

    So if there’s a tactic, it’s not to be able to see the evidence to improve their legal defense, it’s to be able to spin the evidence to the public in the coming months to try to get Trump elected or rile the mob enough for people to try another J6.