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Trump Co-Defendant Just Cannot Get Unstuck From Sidney Powell<!-- wp:html --><p>Fulton County Jail</p> <p>Attorney <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-co-defendant-kenneth-chesebro-really-really-doesnt-want-to-be-tried-with-sidney-powell">Kenneth Chesebro</a>, the alleged architect of the so-called fake elector scheme launched in a frenzied attempt to keep former President Donald Trump in office, <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/judge-tosses-kenneth-chesebro-sidney-powells-attempts-sever-in-trumps-georgia-case">just can’t get away from Sidney Powell</a>.</p> <p>After ruling last week that the two will be tried together, Fulton County Supreme Court <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23977592-mcafee-severance-order-sept-14">Judge Scott McAfee on Thursday further ruled that their trial will be conducted</a> apart from Trump and 16 other co-defendants in the sprawling racketeering prosecution brought by District Attorney Fani Willis over attempts to subvert the state’s 2020 presidential election returns.</p> <p>“After considering the parties’ filings and without the need for a hearing, the Court further finds that severing the remaining 17 co-defendants is simply a procedural and logistical inevitability,” <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23977592-mcafee-severance-order-sept-14">McAfee wrote in his order</a>, while leaving the door open for further adjustments.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-co-defendant-kenneth-chesebro-just-cannot-get-away-from-sidney-powell">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

Fulton County Jail

Attorney Kenneth Chesebro, the alleged architect of the so-called fake elector scheme launched in a frenzied attempt to keep former President Donald Trump in office, just can’t get away from Sidney Powell.

After ruling last week that the two will be tried together, Fulton County Supreme Court Judge Scott McAfee on Thursday further ruled that their trial will be conducted apart from Trump and 16 other co-defendants in the sprawling racketeering prosecution brought by District Attorney Fani Willis over attempts to subvert the state’s 2020 presidential election returns.

“After considering the parties’ filings and without the need for a hearing, the Court further finds that severing the remaining 17 co-defendants is simply a procedural and logistical inevitability,” McAfee wrote in his order, while leaving the door open for further adjustments.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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