Wow! This is moving fast, and it’s already out of Trump’s control. Every defendant, local, county, state, or federal has a right to a speedy trial, to prevent prosecutors from filing charges the never intend to take to trial just to lock someone up without due process. And almost everybody has their own rules as to what constitutes a speedy trial.
Georgia is a little weird. Their criminal courts only meet and hold trials on even months, although once a trial starts, it can spill over into an even month or months. And that’s the wild card Trump co-defendant Kenneth Chesebro decided to play. According to law, once a speedy trial is requested in court, the defendant must brief within 60 days of requesting a speedy trial. Otherwise he would be entitled to have his charges dropped. What a moron.
He’s a moron. Under Georgia law the statute of limitations is five years. It would be prosecutorial malpractice to take a major case like this before the grand jury before you have every “i” dotted and “t” crossed when you have all the time in the world.
And today Fulton County DA Fani Willis called his bluff. In her official court response, Willis basically said, Hell, October 23rd sounds good to me. Let’s get it on. And the judge approved the date, Jury selection will begin on October 23rd. And under Georgia law, what binds one codefendant binds all co-defendants.
Georgia doesn’t get much snow, but get ready for a blizzard of motions to sever from 18 criminal defense attorneys in a feeding frenzy to get their clients the hell away from that lunatic Chesebro. And leading the charge will be the political Rasputin, Donald Trump.
But especially where Traitor Tot is concerned, even if he gets his case severed, it might not make much difference. For two very simple and logical reasons.
First of all, barring some unknown legal contortion or natural disaster, the Chesebro trial will start on October 23rd. You know what that makes Kenneth Chesebro? The canary in the coal mine. And while he’s not a top tier player like Trump, Giuliani or Meadows, he’s not a bottom scraper like the former flack for Kanye who tried to con Ruby Freeman, or the bail bondsman who helped pilfer voting data from a cow county voting machines. He’s solid, and if he goes down, it’s a warning sign to the other 18 that Willis kept receipts.
Which brings us to the second, more dangerous issue for Trump. It’s not like he’s captaining a unified defense ship here. It’s more like a pirate ship where they break out the rum before noon. There are still seven co-defendants out there who haven’t turned themselves in, and already everybody is bitching.
Former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis is whining like a jet engine that her legal fees aren’t being covered by El Pendejo Presidente. She’s crowd funding her defense, and has so far raised some $98,000 of a potential multi million dollar legal bill. Just to stop his whining, FrankenTrump announced that he will hold a fundraising event for Rudy Giuliani where they will both speak. And more bitching about the miserly purse strings of the Pampers President are loud and clear.
If Chesebro does go down, especially on all counts, and draws hard time at sentencing, how long before some of these other misfits start reconsidering their options. especially major leaguers like Giuliani and Meadows, who have the most to lose. And how long before at least some of them start dropping dimes in the phone, and begging DA Willis with pleas for a deal? Thereby allowing Willis to pick and choose which defendants would give her a lockdown case against The Cheeto Prophet.
Whatever happens from here, Trump has already lost. His ultimate goal was to head to trial in a year ago with a 19 seat defense table, and his presence holding everybody else in line. Kenneth Chesebro is his Judas Ewe, and the only question left is how many spring lambs he’ll lure away with him. And there’s nothing Trump hates more than not being in control. Tough titty city kitty, cuz the milk tastes sh*tty.
chesebro was at the jan 6 insurrection. he might be a true believer. he might be too stupid to lie. he might just tell the truth, screwing over all the defendants. remember Watergate started with an incompetent break in.
United they stand…
Well that was over fast, wasn’t it?
Divided they fall it is then.
Could also give away Willis’ prosecution strategy. That isn’t good. Yes,,she has to turn over her evidence through discovery, but in most cases, it matters a great deal.how that evidence is selected and presented to a jury..
On the other hand, it might make a few others flip,like Cheeley(who went to high school with my husband )and low level.local.defendants, who are unlikely face local.jail.time,not home confinement, and the lawyers like Cheeley will.also face disbarment.