Judge Skeptical as Prosecutors Claim Trump Georgia Trial Could Take Four Months

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DA’s office says that 150 witnesses could be called

Trump and 18 co-defendants appeared to be skeptical of prosecutors’ proposals to bring all the co-defendants together for a trial starting next month.

โ€œIt just seems a bit unrealistic to think that we can handle all 19 in forty-something days,โ€ Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee told the court in a Wednesday hearing in regards to motions to sever that were brought by co-defendants Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell. The judge denied the request to split the two cases.

During the hearing, prosecutors estimated the trial would take four months and that theyโ€™d call more than 150 witnesses. โ€œThat is our time estimate,โ€ prosecutor Nathan Wade told Judge McAfee during theย hearing, which wasย also broadcast live on television and on the judgeโ€™s YouTube channel.

But Mr. McAffee told prosecutors that he believes the trial would take twice thatโ€”or eight months. “It could easily be twice that,” he said, noting the number of defendants in the case.

โ€œWe’re on an expedited timeline with these statutory speedy trial demands,โ€ Judge McAfee said, while adding that he plans to press forward and โ€œmake that October 23 trial date stick” for Mr. Chesebro and Mrs. Powell. It’s not clear when the other co-defendants will go to trial.

The judge also suggested that any trial he conducts could be rendered moot if a defendant successfully appeals to a higher court. Already, a federal judge held a hearing in former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, who is charged in the case.

โ€œIt could potentially even be a six-month turnaround just for the 11th Circuit to come up with a decision,โ€ Judge McAfee said of the appeals process. โ€œWhere does that leave us in the middle of a jury trial?โ€ the judge asked.

Byย Jack Phillips

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