WASHINGTON: The U.S. attorney prosecuting former President Donald Trump in Georgia for allegedly conspiring to overturn the 2020 election has proposed that his trial should start in March of next year, western media reported on Thursday.
Trump would be in mid of his campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination in March next year.
U.S. Attorney Seeks Trump’s Trial from March 2024
The proposed date of March 4 will come a day before Super Tuesday, on which voters will cast their ballots for the Republican presidential nomination.
Fani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, submitted her proposals in the court while seeking initial appearances for the various defendants charged in the Georgia election case during the first week of September.
A Fulton County grand jury on Tuesday indicted Trump and 18 others, accusing the former president of seeking to overturn his 2020 election results.
Trump will also face trial in New York court on March 25, 2024, on separate charges of concealing a money payment to a porn star.
Trump is still the main-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, despite his legal matters. He has termed all the investigations as part of a coordinated attempt by Democrats to weaken his candidacy.
Earlier Trump in a post on his Truth Social site had termed the Georgia investigation a “witch hunt.”
