Georgia prosecutors propose starting Trump’s criminal trial in August 2024
by Zach Schonfeld - 11/17/23 4:08 PM ET
Fulton County prosecutors asked a Georgia judge to set former President Trump’s criminal trial to begin Aug. 5, 2024, a timeline that could put Trump on trial through Election Day.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) had previously proposed a March trial start, but her new request acknowledges Trump’s other trials that are already scheduled to take place throughout the spring.
Willis in the new filing also reiterated her desire to try Trump alongside his more than dozen co-defendants.
“This proposed trial date balances potential delays from Defendant Trump’s other criminal trials in sister sovereigns and the other Defendants’ constitutional speedy trial rights,” prosecutors wrote.
If accepted by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, Willis’s proposal would have Trump’s trial begin weeks after the Republican National Convention and raise the possibility it would extend through Election Day.
Earlier this week, Willis said that Trump’s trial would take “many months” and could extend into early 2025.
Trump is already scheduled to spend much of the first half of next year in various trials.
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