four-month trial time line. also raising what might happen if any or all of the motions to remove are granted or appeal to the 11th circuit. for the first televised hearing regarding the attempts to overturn the 2020 election, it was fascinating, if a little complicated. we re going to begin with georgia. please don t go anywhere, there is also news out of the special counsel s classified documents case. more on what one of donald trump s lawyers said on tape, warning the former president, what the government would do if he did not comply. let s start, though, in georgia. joining us now is nbc news correspondent garrett haake, and outside the fulton county courthouse for us, nbc legal contributor, katie phang. i was surprised how quickly he denied the motion to sever from kenneth chesebro. reporter: we were pleasantly surprised to see how quickly judge mcafee ruled. ruling from the bench not that often but especially in a case like this. he s under a quick time line. octobe
i think we need to think through, to me also is more this position we need to have all 19 people at the table 47 days from now, and maybe this is something, if you need to tag team with somebody else on the counsel, one of the first things i kind of want to talk through is potentially how removal affects this. so i know your estate is currently litigating this issue with multiple codefendants in federal court. and while that is happening until a decision is made, we can t issue a judgment of conviction here. yes, judge. no matter how judge rules, isn t either party going to have right to appeal that rule something. that s correct. both sides would have the right to appeal. so the 11th circuit could take, any idea of how long to weigh in? as long as they need to. right. so it could potentially even optimistically be a six month turn around for the 11th circuit to come up with a decision, right? yes, sir. if it s a four-month trial, this starts in october, we pr