An Atlanta prosecutor on Thursday asked a judge to begin the Georgia election interference trial for Donald Trump and 18 other defendants on Oct. 23.

The scheduling request by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis came a day after one of Trump’s co-defendants, attorney Kenneth Chesebro, filed a demand for a speedy trial in the county Superior Court.

Willis directly cited Chesebro’s demand in her filing Thursday.

  • kescusay@lemmy.world
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    And that is a 100% reasonable start date. There is absolutely no point in delaying, and two months is plenty of time for the attorneys to review the pertinent evidence. Trump’s lawyers will definitely try to argue that they need years to review everything, but that is 100% bullshit. The evidence - the text messages, the phone calls, the fraudulent elector certifications, etc. - simply aren’t very complicated to go through. They’re not.

    October 23rd should be a slam-dunk.

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      I would go further and say it’s Trump’s basic right to have a speedy trial. And I’m sure as an innocent defendant Trump will be happy with such a reasonable time frame. (/s just in case it’s not obvious that I know that Trump will try to drag this until he can avoid consequences)

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        Exactly. Defendants have the right to a speedy trial, not a long one. There is no legitimate reason to delay it.

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      I read it as Oct 23rd, 2024, so right during the run up to the election. It is not like he is doing anything else around that time, right?