Prosecutors in the Trump election-rigging case ask for trial to begin March 4
The prosecutor in the case of former US President Donald Trump’s attempt to manipulate the results of the presidential elections in the state of Georgia requested that March 4 be set as the date for the start of his trial.
It is likely that the defense team will request a later date, as the 77-year-old billionaire Republican faces four criminal trials in the midst of his presidential campaign for the 2024 elections.
If the court approves the proposed date, the hearings will open on the eve of “Super Tuesday,” the day when more than 12 states vote in the Republican primaries to choose the party’s candidate for the 2024 election, and eight days before the vote in Georgia.
And Monday, Trump was charged with “extortion” and committing a number of crimes following an extensive two-year investigation into his efforts to reverse his loss in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
The Attorney General in Atlanta, the capital of the state of Georgia, Fanny Willis, has brought charges against 18 people in connection with the alleged conspiracy, including the former personal lawyer of the Republican billionaire Rudy Giuliani, and Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows.
“In light of other pending criminal and civil cases of Defendant Donald John Trump in sister courts, the State of Georgia proposes certain deadlines that do not conflict with already scheduled hearings and trial dates in these other courts,” reads the court request for a start date. .
She requested that a first hearing, known as the procedural hearing for the accused, be held the week of September 5th.
Trump did not issue any immediate reaction to Willis’ document, but highlighted posts on his social media platform, “Truth Social”, accusing the Democrat of donating money to her party’s causes.
Trump’s schedule is jam-packed with court hearings, including a fraud case filed in civil court in October and two other civil lawsuits in January, one of which begins on the 15th, the day voting begins in the state’s Republican primary. yeah.
While Trump’s presence in civil cases is almost certainly not mandatory, prosecutors have requested that Trump’s criminal court trial for conspiracy to reverse the results of the 2020 election begin on January 2.
A judge in New York set March 25, 2024, as the date for the start of Trump’s trial in criminal charges against him in the case of forging documents related to paying a sum to pornographic actress Stormy Daniels in exchange for covering up a relationship that was believed to have existed between them.
Trump is scheduled to appear in May next year before a jury in Florida in a case in which he is accused of violating the anti-espionage law.
Trump’s lawyers stress that the appearance of their client before the courts should not take place until after the end of the presidential elections.
(AFP)
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2023-08-17 00:34:11
