BREAKING Prosecutor wants Trump trial in Georgia to begin March 4, 2024 as cases against former president pile up in election year
- Fani Willis suggests that the charges take place the week of September 5
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis asked on Wednesday for the trial of former President Donald Trump on charges that he attempted to overturn Georgia’s election results, which was set to begin March 4, 2024.
She filed her suit to a lawsuit two days after she sued Trump and 18 co-conspirators.
Trump’s lawyers will certainly push for a delay.
The date is just weeks after US special prosecutor Jack Smith’s proposed January 2 date for another case related to his 2020 election loss, and clashes with the scheduled March start of a new trial in New York.
It illustrates how the former president’s legal troubles pile up in a year when presidential candidates look to criss-cross early nominee states such as New Hampshire, Iowa and South Carolina.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis filed Wednesday for the trial of former President Donald on charges that he attempted to overturn Georgia’s election results, which were set to begin March 4, 2024.
Willis laid out a proposed timetable in a proposed planning sequence. Trump’s lawyers will surely seek a reprieve as they try to navigate three other cases and election events
In Georgia, Trump and his associates are accused of running afoul of the state’s Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO.
The 98-page indictment contains 161 acts that Willis says show how they joined a conspiracy to overturn the outcome of the election.
The scheduling order proposes a start date in March, in the middle of the Republican nomination calendar.
She also suggests that charges for the defendants take place during the week of September 5.
Court dates are piling up for Trump and his legal teams.
First comes Smith’s trial in Washington, DC, on federal charges related to the former president’s attempt to prevent Congress from confirming his defeat. That is expected to take about six weeks.
Then comes the final case, along with the New York criminal trial in March. Trump is accused of falsifying company records in connection with a $130,000 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.
And in May, he was set to go on trial in Florida in the other federal case brought by Smith. Trump is accused of illegally hoarding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate and thwarting government efforts to return them.
The former president denies any allegations.
Former President Donald Trump is photographed in court for his first indictment this year – on allegations related to hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels
The classified documents case will go to court in mid-May, despite Trump’s lawyers urging Trump-appointed federal judge Aileen M. Cannon to delay it until after the 2024 election
His legal team has made it clear that it will try to delay the trials and he has accused prosecutors of deliberately trying to force him out of the election.
His campaign has already adapted itself to use lawsuits to win over voters.
Each has been turned into a TV opportunity, with rolling coverage from his private jet and motorcade as he travels to court.
And after his first appearance in Miami federal court, he greeted supporters at a famous local restaurant.
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