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“My understanding is that he has no felony jury trial experience,” said Chris Timmons, an Atlanta defense lawyer who has prosecuted cases under the same racketeering law used against Trump, known as a RICO statute.
Wade isn’t qualified to serve as a court-appointed defense lawyer in the Trump case, according to Monday’s motion. To pick up such an assignment, a lawyer needs to have tried “at least two criminal trials of similar offenses,” according to a 2022 document from the Fulton County Superior Court.
Wade’s lack of relevant experience “would be concerning in any complex felony case, let alone one that is a multi-defendant RICO case,” said Timmons, an ABC News contributor.