Judge sets Oct. 23 trial date for Trump co-defendant in Georgia case
The judge approved the trial date for Kenneth Chesebro only, specifying that the accelerated timeline for the trial and pretrial proceedings "do[es] not apply to any co-defendant."
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The judge approved the trial date for Kenneth Chesebro only, specifying that the accelerated timeline for the trial and pretrial proceedings "do[es] not apply to any co-defendant."
Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows is charged with two counts for his alleged role in an attempt to reverse the outcome of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
Trump and 18 others were indicted on state felony charges last week and have until noon on Aug. 25 to turn themselves in to the Fulton County Jail.
The former White House chief of staff's attorneys asked a court to block the Fulton County district attorney's enforcement of his arrest warrant while they try to have the Georgia state case against him moved to federal court.
Rudy Giuliani was accompanied by former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik.
The employee allegedly implicated former President Donald Trump and two of his aides in a pressure campaign to delete security camera footage at Mar-a-Lago.
The 37-count indictment against former President Donald Trump marks the first time a former president faces federal criminal charges.
Yuscil Taveras retracted his "false testimony" and implicated Trump and two aides in efforts to delete security camera footage, the documents say.
The former president and his 18 co-defendants have until noon on Friday to turn themselves in for processing in Fulton County.
A Trump PAC, Save America, paid more than $152,000 for a private eye's "research" in the former president's New York criminal and civil cases.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes' office is conducting an ongoing investigation into an alleged fake elector situation.
Former President Donald Trump and 18 others are expected to be booked at a Georgia jail being investigated for unsafe conditions after a man incarcerated there was "eaten alive" by bedbugs.
"In the 1980s, if you said that Rudy Giuliani had been indicted on RICO charges, someone would've thought it was a bad 'Saturday Night Live' skit," said a colleague from his days as a prosecutor.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has given Trump and his co-defendants until Aug. 25 to turn themselves in for booking.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said that the 19 defendants have until noon on Aug. 25 to turn themselves in.
Among those charged with Trump in the Georgia case are Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows and conservative attorneys John Eastman, Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell.
House Republicans are trying to prohibit the use of federal money to pay for special counsel Jack Smith's investigation and criminal cases against Trump.
Unlike in his past three arraignments, Trump as well as the 18 people indicted as co-conspirators were given about 11 days to surrender in Georgia, where cameras are permitted in court.
Georgia RICO convictions could result in prison time, fines or both, according to state law.
Judge Scott McAfee has been on the bench in Fulton County, Georgia, for less than a year.
Former President Donald Trump and more than a dozen associates are charged with election fraud, racketeering and other counts related to alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Meadows and Trump were among 19 indicted Monday in a case accusing them of acting as a "criminal enterprise."
The Georgia grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump returned the indictments on election fraud, racketeering and other charges.
While RICO cases are nothing new in Fulton County, pursuing such a case against a former president is unprecedented.
Carlos De Oliveira is facing four charges brought by special counsel Jack Smith.