Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell wanted to go to trial much faster than the other 17 co-defendants.

A judge in Georgia on Wednesday denied motions from two co-defendants to sever their cases from one another in the sprawling racketeering prosecution against Donald Trump.

Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee handed down the decision after more than 90 minutes of arguments from prosecutors and defense counsel. The ruling is a win for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, and means Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell will be tried together, beginning Oct. 23.

The pair are now “hurtling forward” toward trial, McAfee said as he set new deadlines and scheduling orders.

    • mustardman@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      It doesn’t help that Cheese Bro’s lawyers seem to say that it’s not a crime if you’re a nobody:

      Still, Chesebro’s team tried and tried again to create as much space as possible between their client and Powell, attempting to paint a picture of a man they said “is not a politician,” and that until six or seven months ago, “was probably unknown to 99.9999 percent of the population… And so now to force him to sit here in a trial where there’s evidence of all these other things, it’s just not fair.”

      You do criminal gang things, you get criminal gang trials.

      • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
        3·
        1 year ago

        I enjoy the defence that it is impossible to commit a crime if you’re not famous. Because my car was still in once and it wasn’t Nathan Statham who did it, so I guess that it was legal.