Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has asked Judge Scott McAfee to set an Aug. 5, 2024 trial date for Donald Trump’s racketeering and election interference case—just three months before the 2024 presidential election.
“This proposed trial date balances potential delays from Defendant Trump’s other criminal trials in sister sovereigns and the other Defendants’ constitutional speedy trial rights,” Willis wrote in a Friday court filing.
Trump’s attorneys immediately balked at the proposed date, which is sure to clash with the most critical weeks of his re-election campaign. Trump attorney Steven Sadow told the court the ex-president opposed Willis’ proposed trial date, and requested an “opportunity to present oral argument in opposition to the motion.”
