Fulton County DA requests trial begin October 23

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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis requested a trial to begin in the case against former President Trump and 18 others on Oct. 23.

In a filing Thursday, Willis "respectfully" requested that a trial "commence for all 19 defendants on October 23, 2023."

Trump and more than a dozen others were charged out of the Fulton County probe, including his former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, his former attorneys Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeff Clark, John Eastman, among others.

The charges include violating the Georgia RICO Act—the Racketeer Influenced And Corrupt Organizations Act; Solicitation of Violation of Oath by a Public Officer; Conspiracy to Commit Impersonating a Public Officer; Conspiracy to Commit Forgery in the First Degree; Conspiracy to Commit False Statements and Writings; Conspiracy to Commit Filing False Documents; Conspiracy to Commit Forgery in the First Degree; Filing False Documents; and Solicitation of Violation of Oath by a Public Officer. Not everyone faces the same charges.

The former president, specifically, was charged with 13 counts: One count of violation of the Georgia RICO Act, three counts of criminal solicitation, six counts of criminal conspiracy, one count of filing false documents and two counts of making false statements.

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That'll almost certainly get pushed back.

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Trump opposes an October trial date in Georgia case

Former President Donald Trump will soon ask to sever his case from one of the defendants facing charges in the Fulton County, Georgia criminal case.

Trump's attorney in the Georgia case, Steven Sadow, told the court Thursday afternoon that the former president opposes the prosecutor's request to hold the trial for all defendants in October.

In response to a motion for a speedy trial from Trump's co-defendant Kenneth Chesebro, Fulton County DA Fani Willis requested that a trial "commence for all 19 defendants on October 23, 2023."

Sadow wrote that Trump "opposes the State’s 'motion for entry of pretrial scheduling order' and 'motion to specially set trial'" and that he "will be filing a timely motion to sever his case from that of co-defendant Chesebro, who has filed a demand for speedy trial, or any other co-defendant who files such a demand."

Trump retained Sadow, an Atlanta-based white collar defense attorney, to represent him in the Fulton County case. Sadow replaced Drew Findling, who had been representing him in the matter. Findling is no longer representing Trump, a source familiar told Fox News Digital.

Fox News' Chris Pandolfo and Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
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