
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis asked a Georgia judge to expedite the trial of all 19 defendants in her sprawling TrumpWorld RICO case after one of them moved for a speedy trial.
Attorney Kenneth Chesebro, one of the architects of former President Donald Trump's Jan. 6 strategy, demanded a speedy trial under state law. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee set his trial date for October 23, four months ahead of Willis' proposed date, but stressed in his ruling that the trial date only applies to Chesebro "at this time."