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Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis requested in a court filing to begin former President Donald Trump’s racketeering trial in August 2024, while noting that the proceedings will last through the November election and quite possibly into early 2025.
As reported by the Star News Network, Willis filed her request with Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, with the projected start date coinciding with what she told reporters last week at headquarters of The Washington Post, that the trial would be ongoing on Election Day.
In her filing, Willis asked that the judge set a trial date after a final plea hearing on June 21, 2024. Willis argued that the August trial date “balances potential delays” from the former president’s “other criminal trials” while still trying to accommodate the constitutional right of his co-defendants to a speedy trial.
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Additionally, Willis urged McAfee not to consider severing the case against any of the 15 remaining defendants from the greater indictment until after the final plea date. Prosecutors…
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