<body><div><p><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3VLOqj_0qbAAy9c00" style="display:none" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3VLOqj_0qbAAy9c00" width="2000" height="1833" ></p><h2> Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee on Friday denied Giuliani's request for an extension beyond the Jan. 8 deadline in the Georgia election-racketeering case to file pre-trial motions </h2><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox" scrolling="no" src="https://cdn.jwplayer.com/players/WMi6hCQ9-3lR77ubI.html" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div></div><p> Rudy Giuliani cannot have more time to file pre-trial motions in the sweeping election-racketeering case, a Georgia judge ruled on Friday. </p><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><p> In a one-page order, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee denied Giuliani's request for an extension beyond the Jan. 8 deadline in the case to file pre-trial motions. </p><p> In his request for the extension, Giuliani said he needed additional time to review the large volume of discovery material in the case </p><p> However, McAfee said in his order that Giuliani "does not articulate exactly what discovery must still be reviewed, or why the review has not been completed in the approximately four months that have passed since arraignment." </p><p> "Extensions are only considered upon filing of a particularized motion containing a detailed, fact-based explanation of the need for the extension including the amount of time needed," McAfee wrote in his order Friday. "The motion is denied." </p><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><p> Giuliani, the former attorney for Donald Trump, was charged alongside the former president and 18 others in the 41-count indictment last August. </p><p> Four of the <a href="https://themessenger.com/politics/trump-indicted-georgia-fani-willis-fulton-county" rel="nofollow"> original co-defendants </a> indicted in Willis’ sweeping election-racketeering case have pleaded guilty as part of agreements with prosecutors: Georgia bail bondsman Scott Hall, and lawyers Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell and Jenna Ellis.&nbsp;Giuliani, Trump, and the other 13 remaining co-defendants in the case have all pleaded not guilty. </p><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><p> Although Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has requested that the trial begin on Aug. 5, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee has not yet scheduled a trial date in the case. </p><iframe height="905" src="https://embed.documentcloud.org/documents/24254471-giuliani-order/?embed=1&amp;responsive=1&amp;title=1" title="Giuliani Order (Hosted by DocumentCloud)" width="100%"></iframe></div></body>

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Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee on Friday denied Giuliani’s request for an extension beyond the Jan. 8 deadline in the Georgia election-racketeering case to file pre-trial motions