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Fani Willis Fights for a Mass Trial As the Georgia Defendants Scatter

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Yet, while the appellate courts may allow the criminal cases to proceed to verdicts, these severance and removal motions could result in more narrow reviews on the appellate level. Of course, Willis is not the only person with a challenging calendar. Some trials are scheduled for just before major Republican Party primaries.

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Nightmare Scenario: How a Trump Trial Could Now Run Up to (or Through) the 2024 Election

JonathanTurley

Most recently, in the federal prosecution in Florida, Special Counsel Jack Smith declared that he will not consider himself bound by the Justice Department’s longstanding policy of not bringing charges or holding trials of candidates close to an election. Most citizens already see that reality. Jonathan Turley is the J.B. &

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Gagging Donald Trump: Why Smith’s “Narrowly Tailored Motion” is a Neither Narrow Nor Wise

JonathanTurley

However, there are laws on the books allowing for the prosecution of such cases. Smith has pushed for a trial before the election and the court inexplicably shoehorned the trial into a crowded calendar just before the Super Tuesday election. Jonathan Turley is an attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School.