Lawyers Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell argued their cases should be held separately to receive fair trials in Fulton County, Georgia.
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A Georgia judge agreed Wednesday to start the trial Oct. 23 for two of Donald Trump’s co-defendants charged with racketeering for trying to overturn the 2020 election, but hasn’t yet set a schedule for the other 17 co-defendants including the former president.
Lawyer Kenneth Chesebro and lawyer Sidney Powell each asked to separate their trials from the others and to have them as fast as possible. But Chesebro and Powell hadn’t wanted to be tried together because they each face a half-dozen allegations that have nothing to do with each other.
“The issue is going to be confusion,” said Manny Arora, one of Chesebro’s lawyers. “We don’t have similar charges. It’s completely different.”
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