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Commentary: Some of Trump’s co-defendants could go to trial this fall. Will he have to join them?

In a handout image provided by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office, attorney Sidney Powell poses for her booking photo on Aug. 23, 2023, in Atlanta.

The Georgia racketeering trial of Donald Trump and 18 other defendants is going to be as legally complex as it is politically charged. For an illustration of that, consider Wednesday’s hearing on whether two of the defendants should be allowed to sever their cases from the rest.

Attorneys Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell were the defendants before Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, each arguing that they should be able to proceed separately from Trump and the other defendants. The thrust of their arguments was that the sprawling case includes voluminous evidence that has virtually nothing

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