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Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro, the two indicted Donald Trump coup lawyers who volunteered to face trial first in Atlanta, are adopting the former president’s courtroom playbook and doing whatever they can to pollute the jury that’ll decide their fate.
And if they succeed, they may set new legal precedent that could be applied to Trump’s case and the trials of other co-conspirators in Georgia.
Friday marks the start of what promises to be an arduous and protracted jury selection, one that could take weeks because prosecutors and defense lawyers are trying to settle a fundamental question: How do you agree on a dozen fair-minded jurors when the Fulton County District Attorney claims that every Georgian was victimized by a plot to deny their vote?