Prosecutors May Have to Try Trump Georgia Case Twice, Judge Warns

The prosecutors initially asked for the trial to start on March 4, but moved the date to Oct. 23.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee presides over a severance hearing for co-defendants Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell, who are requesting their cases be severed from each other, as well as the others charged in this case, in Atlanta on Sept. 6, 2023, in a still from video. Atlanta Pool via Reuters/Screenshot via NTD

It may be unfeasible for prosecutors to try former President Donald Trump and all his 18 co-defendants together in the Georgia case against him, a judge presiding over the case has suggested. The prosecutors may thus be forced to try their case at least twice.

The case was brought on Aug. 14 by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. She alleged that the efforts of President Trump and more than a dozen others to challenge the results of the 2020 elections amounted to a criminal enterprise.