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The Beat with Ari Melber

Judge: RICO trial for two Trump co-defendants to start Oct. 23

The Beat with Ari Melber

Ari Melber, MS NOW

Politics, News, Versant Media, Ms Now, Daily News, Versant, Government

4.64.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

MSNBC’s Ari Melber hosts “The Beat” on Thursday, September 14, and reports on Donald Trump’s legal battles, Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Hunter Biden's indictment. Plus, Memphis Bleek and MSNBC’s Jason Johnson “Fallback” with Melber. Eugene Daniels, David Kelley and Kristy Greenberg also join. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

Thanks to everyone at home for joining us from the beat.

0:01.6

I am Ari Melbur and we begin in Atlanta

0:05.0

with what you see right here.

0:07.0

Another big hearing in that Trump Reco case,

0:08.9

the judge making news with one of the first setbacks

0:12.2

for prosecutors in DA willis's office.

0:14.5

You may recall the DA had been pushing

0:16.1

for one big joint Reco trial on a fast track for October.

0:21.4

Today, the judge rejected that joint trial request,

0:25.5

ruling that the first trial for two Trump lawyers

0:27.7

will begin October 23rd,

0:29.6

but not for any of the other co-defendants.

0:33.0

Now, this was somewhat expected by legal experts.

0:36.1

Here's what prosecutors had argued about doing

0:39.4

and hoping that they could get this all into one trial.

0:43.6

We contain that we must prove the entire conspiracy

0:47.3

against each and every one charged.

0:51.5

Each and every one charged.

0:52.8

Any time a person enters into a conspiracy,

0:54.8

they are liable for all of the acts

0:56.7

of all of their co-conspirators.

0:58.7

And that's evidence against one is evidence against all.

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