The first hearing for co-defendants in the Georgia 2020 election interference case is now underway in Fulton County.

“There will be cameras in the Atlanta courtroom, a first in a case against former President Donald Trump,” CNN’s Sara Murray, Jason Morris and Marshall Cohen report.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, who is overseeing the case against Donald Trump and 18 other co-defendants, is presiding over Wednesday’s hearing for Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro.

Powell, Trump’s former attorney, has pleaded not guilty in the Georgia election interference case. She is facing seven charges including one count of violating Georgia’s RICO Act and two counts of conspiracy to commit election fraud.

As Trump’s attorney, Powell reportedly claimed the 2020 election was stolen from the former president, despite not having evidence to back those statements.

Kenneth Chesebro, also a former Trump attorney, is the “architect behind the fake electors plot,” The Associated Press reports. He faces seven charges including violation of Georgia’s RICO Act and conspiracy to commit first-degree forgery.

He worked to execute the plot, in which 16 Georgia Republicans signed a certificate falsely claiming that they were the Georgia’s “duly elected and qualified” electors and that Trump won the state in 2020, The Associated Press adds.

The two co-defendants are seeking separate trials in the Georgia election interference case, The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports.

“The hearing could determine how quickly the case moves,” CNN’s Sara Murray, Jason Morris and Marshall Cohen add. “It also could provide insight into how much evidence Fulton County prosecutors have in their case against Trump and his allies who are accused of interfering in Georgia’s 2020 election results to try to flip the state away from Joe Biden.”

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