It's time for Justice Matters, with former federal prosecutor and MSNBC analyst, Glenn Kertner.

Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee wrote an order describing the trial dates for the first

of the 19 Georgia Rico Defendants. Glenn says so far, he's a common sense driven judge.

So friends, given a new ruling just issued by the judge who is presiding over the Georgia state

Rico trial involving Donald Trump and 18 of his criminal associates, his co-conspirators,

it looks like we now have our first Rico trial set to kick off on October 23rd

against defendants Kenneth Cheesebroe or Chesbroe and Sidney Powell.

Here's the new reporting from the independent. Headline, Trump will be tried separately

from Powell and Cheesebroe in Georgia election interference case judge rules. And that article

begins, Donald Trump and 16 other co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case

will be tried separately from lawyers Kenneth Cheesebroe and Sidney Powell. The judge in the case

has ruled. Then this quote from the judge, defendants Cheesebroe and Powell will join each other at trial.

However, the other 17 defendants are severed from these two. Additional severances may follow.

All pre-trial deadlines will proceed as scheduled without a stay or a pause of the proceedings.

Judge Scott McAfee of the Superior Court of Fulton County wrote in a ruling issued on Thursday.

The trial for Mr. Cheesebroe and Miss Powell is set to go ahead on 23 October.

The move comes after Mr. Cheesebroe and Miss Powell invoked their right to a speedy trial,

the judge noted. Their motions to sever their cases from each other were denied.

But the court found that severing the remaining 17 co-defendants is simply a procedural and

logistical inevitability, leading to the motions to sever from Mr. Cheesebroe and Miss Powell being

granted in part. Quote, severance is an absolute necessity. Additional divisions of the 17

defendants may well be required, the judge 34 added. That is a decision for another day.

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