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Re: Judge Moves TRUMP Co-Defendant Trial to 23 OCT -DOJ Wants TRUMPs' Set For Same Da
TRUMP Could Take Stand in October 2023 as Prosecutors Seek Speedy Trial
Judges' Order Moves TRUMP Co-Defendant Kenneth Chesebro Trial Start Date UP to 23 OCT
EX President Seeks 2026 Court Date After 'Terrible' Experience in Jail
BBC 26 AUG 2023
Donald GRUMP - MANBABY SULKS IN JAIL
Donald Trump could take the stand in just two months’ time over charges of election interference, as prosecutors in Georgia push for a speedy trial.
Fani Willis, the district attorney who is prosecuting Trump and 18 others for an alleged “criminal enterprise” to overturn the states’ presidential vote, has requested a trial date of 23 Oct.
On Thursday night, Trump surrendered to state authorities in Fulton County, Georgia, and had his mugshot taken.
The former president returned to Twitter after an absence of over two years in an apparent attempt to raise funds from his supporters for legal bills and election campaigning, with a post that displayed his mugshot
Ms Willis’s attempt to bring forward the trial date came in response to a demand from Kenneth Chesebro, Trumps’ former attorney, for a speedy trial beginning on the same date.
Scott McAfee, the judge overseeing the case, has only agreed that Mr Chesebro can be tried on 23 Oct “at this time”, but Ms Willis is pushing for all defendants indicted for racketeering to be tried at once.
Steven Sadow, Trumps’ attorney, immediately objected to the earlier trial date and requested that the former president’s case be severed from Mr Chesebro’s.
Trump is pushing for a trial date in April 2026 – more than a year after the next presidential inauguration that will follow the election in November 2024.
But an October trial would mean trial proceedings would begin well before the first Republican primary votes in January next year, and could mean Trump is handed a jail sentence before the next election.
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