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.

  • jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    31
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    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)

    • KevonLooney@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      10
      ·
      1 year ago

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