A Georgia judge on Wednesday said he was “very skeptical” that Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants could stand trial together as soon as next month in a sprawling criminal case accusing them of conspiring to reverse the former U.S. president’s 2020 election loss.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee gave prosecutors 10 days to explain how they “could possibly keep these defendants together” with a mountain of outstanding legal questions and a looming speedy trial deadline next month for defendants who have demanded one.
McAfee ruled Powell and Chesebro could be tried separately from the other defendants but not from each other. He has yet to rule on whether the remaining 17 defendants will join them. Powell and Chesebro, for instance, have never met. Their lawyers argued Wednesday that it would be unfair to lump them together because they are accused of unrelated conduct.
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