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#US #House Rep #GeorgeSantos Pleads Not Guilty to New #Fraud, #IdentityTheft Charges at #Arraignment

A judge on Friday scheduled the #GOP congressman's trial for Sept 9, 2024 in #LongIsland federal court.

#Santos’ constituents who attended the arraignment audibly gasped when the judge set the trial date for nearly a year from now.

Prosecutors had requested a date in the spring.

#Republicans #corruption
reuters.com/world/us/us-congre

Reuters · US congressman Santos pleads not guilty to new felony chargesBy Reuters
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The written #plea was filed Thurs by #SteveSadow, an #Atlanta #criminal #defense #attorney who was tapped Aug 24 to lead TFG’s #Georgia-based #legal team. The #CourtFiling means #Trump won’t return to ATL on Wed, where #FultonCounty Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee… has scheduled a series of #arraignment #hearings for Trump & the 18 #CoDefendants in the sprawling criminal #racketeering case.

#Arraignments for #Trump & 18 #CoDefendants indicted in #FultonCounty, #Georgia, have been set for Wed, Sept 6.

Trump’s #arraignment will take place at 9:30 AM ET, followed by arraignments in 15-min intervals, w/a midday break

9:45 AM: Rudy #Giuliani
10: #Eastman
10:15: #Powell
10:30: #Meadows
10:45: #Latham
11:00: #Hall
11:15: #Chesebro.
11:30: #Kutti
11:45: #Floyd
1:00 PM: #Clark
1:15: #Lee
1:30: #Ellis
1:45: #Still
2:00: #Smith
2:15: #Shafer
2:30: #Roman
2:45: #Cheeley
3:00: #Hampton

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His speedy trial demand seeks to force a quick #trial that comes within, or shortly after, the term of the grand jury that issued the #indictment against #Trump & his allies. On Thurs morning, #Chesebro asked for an “#expedited#arraignment to facilitate his #SpeedyTrial effort.…

A trial just 2 months from now seems implausible given the torrent of anticipated pretrial motions & complex #legal issues likely to be litigated before a jury can be seated.