LEILA FADEL, HOST:
At least two of the defendants in the Georgia election interference case will go to trial next month.
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:
That’s after a hearing televised live yesterday in Fulton County Superior Court. It offered a glimpse into how complex this case is likely to be. Prosecutors say they expect that any trial would take four months and they would expect to call some 150 witnesses.
FADEL: Georgia Public Broadcasting’s Stephen Fowler was there for the Atlanta hearing and joins us now. Good morning, Stephen.
STEPHEN FOWLER, BYLINE: Hey there.
FADEL: So tell us what this hearing was and what we learned from it.
FOWLER: So two defendants, Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell, both wanted speedy trials and to be tried by themselves. Lawyers argued their alleged crimes were different from each other, and hearing about the other’s case…
