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Along with having waived his right to an arraignmentDonald Trump asked the judge to preside over the case where he is accused of allegedly trying to intervene in the election results presidential elections held in Georgia, in 2020, separate his case from the co-defendants who requested a speedy trial.
Previously, Fani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, had expressed her desire for the 19 defendants to be tried jointly as of October 23.
However, The defense of the former president of the nation argues that there is too little time to define a strategy aimed at proving the innocence of his client.
“Respectfully, requiring less than two months of preparation time to defend a 98-page indictment, indicting 19 defendants, with 41 miscellaneous counts, including one count of RICO conspiracy…would violate President Trump’s state and federal constitutional rights to a fair trial and due legal process”, indicates part of a request document submitted for consideration by the judge.
It should be noted that, even though the 77-year-old Republican posted $200,000 bail to avoid jail time of Fulton County while his trial was in progress, He has always stated that he is not guilty of the 13 charges against him.
While Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell requested a speedy trial; Mark Meadows, a former White House chief of staff, is trying to take his case to federal court.
In it case of donald trump His strategy has changed since he hired Steven Sadow as a defender and for now The first objective is to postpone the start of the trial as much as possible without the option of taking it to a federal court has been ruled out.
In fact, the former president has expressed his desire to be tried until after the presidential elections, since hypothetically this could mean that, should he be re-elected as president, Trump could order the Justice Department to try to vacate the four trials that await him.
Under the same approach, another option is for the New Yorker himself to grant himself a pardon, something that would be historic, since if accused he would become an administrator of justice.
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