Robert E. Crimo III., answers questions from Judge Victoria A. Rossetti during a case management conference at the Lake County Courthouse Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, in Waukegan, Ill. Robert Crimo III, accused of killing seven and wounding dozens more at a Fourth of July parade in 2022, asked a Lake County judge to allow him to continue without the aid of his assistant public defenders and invoked his right to a speedy trial. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, Pool)