The trial for the two of the defendants, Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell, is scheduled to begin Oct. 23.
Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee ruled Thursday in favor of severing the trials for 17 of the defendants, including former President Donald Trump, from that of two of the defendants in the election interference case.
"Beginning with the logistical concerns, the Fulton County Courthouse simply contains no courtroom adequately large enough to hold all 19 defendants, their multiple attorneys and support staff, the sheriff's deputies, court personnel, and the State's prosecutorial team," McAfee said in the ruling."Relocating to another larger venue raises security concerns that cannot be rapidly addressed.
"[W]e must consider the ripple effects of a monthslong, multi-defendant trial on the local criminal justice system, sidelining dozens of defense counsel from handling other cases and preventing this Court — and quite likely most colleagues — from managing the rest of the docket." And Judge McAfee, acknowledging that one of the other major RICO cases that is being tried, the Young Slime Life trial has been mired in jury selection for months, wrote that he"will endeavor to have a jury selected and sworn by November 3, 2023," in the trial of Chesebro and Powell.
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