A prosecutor in the US state of Georgia has proposed a March start date for former President Donald Trump’s trial on charges of election interference.
Fani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, said on Wednesday that she wants the trial to start on March 4 next year, a date that would have Trump in court mid-campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
That proposed date would have the trial starting a day before “Super Tuesday”, during which voters in more than a dozen states – from California and Texas to Massachusetts and Maine – are set to cast their ballots for the Republican presidential nominee.
Trump is currently the frontrunner for the Republican nomination.
There was no immediate comment from Trump’s lawyers.
A Fulton County grand jury on Tuesday indicted Trump and 18 others, accusing the former president of seeking to undo his 2020 election loss in the state of Georgia to President Joe Biden. The indictment was the fourth criminal case to be brought against Trump and the second this month to allege that he tried to subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election.
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