Former President Donald Trump speaks at a fundraiser event for the Alabama GOP, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, in Montgomery, Ala.
Butch Dill | AP
Former President Donald Trump is seeking to sever his criminal election interference case in Georgia from any of his 18 co-defendants who are demanding that the case proceed quickly to trial, a Thursday court filing showed.
The request in Fulton County Superior Court came less than two hours after Trump pleaded not guilty to 13 criminal counts in the sprawling case accusing him of trying to overturn his loss to President Joe Biden in Georgia’s 2020 election.
Trump earlier Thursday also waived his right to appear at his arraignment scheduled for next week.
Defense attorney Steven Sadow argued that Trump will not have enough time to prepare if his trial begins Oct. 23, the date that has been set for co-defendant Kenneth Chesebro, who sought a speedy trial.
Fani Willis, the Atlanta district attorney prosecuting the case against Trump, asked a judge to rule that all of the defendants who are granted speedy trials must be tried together.
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