Two of Trump's Georgia co-defendants get a trial date
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🗓️ 7 September 2023
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USA TODAY Justice Department Correspondent Bart Jansen looks ahead to the trial of two Trump co-defendants in Georgia.
Federal prosecutors intend to seek indictment of Hunter Biden by Sept. 29.
USA TODAY Domestic Security Correspondent Josh Meyer explains how Russia is leaning on North Korea for help in Ukraine.
The Biden administration cancels the remaining oil and gas leases in Alaska's Arctic Refuge.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson, and this is five things you need to know Thursday, |
| 0:07.4 | the 7th of September, 2023. |
| 0:11.7 | Today, a trial date has been set for two of Trump's co-defendants in Georgia. |
| 0:26.3 | Plus, we look at the latest on Hunter Biden's legal troubles and is Russia turning to North |
| 0:31.3 | Korea for help in Ukraine. |
| 0:41.0 | To a former President Donald Trump's co-defendants in Georgia now have their trial date, but that's |
| 0:46.8 | after arguing unsuccessfully that they should hold separate trials. |
| 0:51.0 | I spoke with USA Today Justice Department correspondent Bart Janssen to learn more. |
| 0:56.5 | Thanks for having on, Bart. |
| 0:57.8 | Thanks for having me. |
| 0:58.8 | So Bart, before we get to the judge's decision here, what arguments did Sidney Powell and Kenneth |
| 1:04.0 | Shesbro make for wanting separate trials? |
| 1:07.5 | Kenneth Shesbro, he's been called the architect of the scheme to field alternate electors |
| 1:15.1 | or fake presidential electors who would have supported Trump in Georgia and a half dozen |
| 1:22.0 | states, despite the fact that President Joe Biden won the state of Georgia. |
| 1:27.3 | He's got one set of charges against him. |
| 1:29.6 | He has pleaded not guilty. |
| 1:31.2 | He has said that he was just a lawyer, giving advice. |
| 1:35.2 | The other defendant, campaign lawyer Sidney Powell, has been accused of tampering with |
| 1:41.7 | election equipment in coffee county, Georgia. |
| 1:45.8 | She and others, what they're each arguing is that their charges are so different from |
| 1:51.4 | each other that there is no overlap and so they should not be considered during the same |
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