“I will be attempting to, one, retain one of the lawyers that is on this call, and, number two, seek additional counsel,” said Kutti, who appeared in Friday's hearing via video conference.
The move left Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee flummoxed, given that her former attorney, Steve Greenberg, filed to stop representing her.
He tried to clear that up.
“I have known Ms. Kutti for a long time, and when this first came up, even before the indictment, I said I would help her out,” Greenberg said, the outlet reported. “She had the belief that people were going to be able to assist her in meeting what I perceive to be fairly minimal professional obligations, given the scope of the work. Unfortunately, those people did not assist her."
"So if, at some point in the future, she has the ability to have private counsel, I would be willing to assist her.”
Greenberg suggested he wants to work with Kutti, who at one point served as a publicist for Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West. But he can't work pro bono if the trial drags on for four months as prosecutors have intimated.
“I simply cannot help her as a friend,” he added.
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The judge confirmed he would grant Greenberg his motion to withdraw as counsel and told Kutti she needed to be "diligent" in scouting for a lawyer well in advance of trial, and that if she wanted to seek more time, "that's probably not going to be granted," according to the outlet.
Kutti stands accused of coordinating with Black Voices for Trump leader Harrison Floyd and Rev. Stephen Cliffgard Lee to lean on Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Shaye Moss, to pressure them into making false statements about the way votes had been processed.
Kutti pleaded not guilty to felony charges as part of the 41-count Fulton County grand jury indictment.
