- Fani Willis proposes that the trial starts a day before Super Tuesday next year
- It shows how Trump’s pile up of cases will interfere with his campaign plans
- She also wants arraignments take place in the week of September 5
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis asked Wednesday for former President Donald Trump’s trial on charges he tried to overturn Georgia’s election result to start on March 4, 2024.
She made her request in a court filing two days after indicting Trump and 18 co-conspirators.
Trump’s lawyers are certain to push for a delay.
The date is only weeks after U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith’s proposed trial date of Jan 2 for another case related to his 2020 election loss, and clashes with the scheduled March start of another trial in New York.
And it comes a day before Super Tuesday, the busiest day in the Republican presidential nomination race when 15 states and one U.S. territory pick their favored candidate.
