ATLANTA — The Fulton County District Attorney's Office wants an August 2024 trial date set for former President Donald Trump and his 14 co-defendants accused of criminally interfering in the 2020 election.
In a court filing Friday, top prosecutor Fani Willis requested that Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee set an Aug. 5 trial date in her sprawling election racketeering case.
"The State requests that this Court schedule the remaining Defendants for a Final Plea hearing date of Friday, June 21, 2024, and to begin trial on Monday, August 5, 2024. 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," a portion of the filing reads.
Fulton prosecutors say the August trial date won't interfere with Trump's other criminal proceedings. Currently, Trump is set for trial in Washington D.C on March 4 and the Southern District of Florida on May 20.
An August trial date would be roughly three months before the 2024 presidential election. Trump's legal team opposes the motion.
Trump and 18 others were indicted by a Fulton County Grand Jury in August. To date, four defendants — Scott Hall, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro and Jenna Ellis — have pleaded guilty.
Trump faces 13 charges. They include:
- Violation of the Georgia RICO Act
- Conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer
- Conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree (2 counts)
- Conspiracy to commit false statements and writings (2 counts)
- Conspiracy to commit filing false documents
- Filing false documents
- Solicitation of violations of oath by public officer (3 counts)
- False statements and writings (2 counts)
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