In any RICO case, you want to have the whole crew in front of the judge at the same time.
The entire focus of Fani Willis’ case in Georgia is that the 19 defendants were working together to try to overturn the Georgia election.
It helps here to have all 19 people in the courtroom at the same time, but that is not going to happen.
Sorry, Not Happening
Judge McAfee dealt Willis the blow by agreeing to allow Chesebro and Powell to sever their cases from the rest of the defendants.
Their case will begin on October 23, having not waived their right to a speedy trial.
But that may not be the last blow to Willis on this front.
McAfee stated, “The Court joins the skepticism expressed by several federal courts that denying severance always ensures efficiency, especially in ‘mega trials’ such as this.”
He added, “Defendants Chesebro and Powell will join each other at trial, however, the other 17 defendants are severed from these two.
“Additional severances may follow.”
McAfee has given defendants until December 1 to file their motions, which means, at the earliest, we will not see these cases come to trial until late December or early January, and that is pushing it, especially in Trump’s case.
When all is said and done, this case will probably be broken out into at least a half dozen cases, making Willis’ case all that much harder to prove.
Source: The Hill
