Lisa Rubin is a former litigator and an MSNBC legal analyst. She is also the off-air legal analyst for 'The Rachel Maddow Show' and 'Alex Wagner Tonight.'
On Friday morning, Judge Scott McAfee was beginning the often arduous process of selecting a jury for what was supposed to be the first trial in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' sprawling indictment of those who allegedly tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
Second, while many legal experts believe Chesebro would have been convicted at a trial, in part because his own legal memos would have been used as evidence against him, going to trial would not have been without uncertainty for the DA. Meadows’ bid to move the case to federal court is still pending in the 11th Circuit, which sought supplemental briefing in light of a recent opinion. The question of whether removal for one co-defendant means removal for all is also open.
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