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