富尔顿县地方检察官法尼·威利斯(Fani Willis)提出了对前总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)和其他18人的审判日期,这些人被控试图推翻美国宪法2020选举结果在乔治亚州。
周三提交的拟议审前日程安排令提议从3月4日开始。
这一天是2024年总统竞选超级星期二的前一天,特朗普寻求重返白宫。
拟议的审判日期也可能与特朗普在纽约的审判冲突,他被指控伪造与一项指控有关的商业记录封口费付款是在2016年总统大选前几天送给成人电影女演员斯托米·丹尼尔斯的。
该审判目前定于3月25日开始。曼哈顿地区检察官办公室的发言人告诉ABC新闻,他们不会对另一个管辖区的请求发表评论。
威利斯在周三的文件中还建议,从现在起的三周内,在9月5日的一周内,对“各种被告”进行传讯。
2023年8月5日,前总统唐纳德·特朗普在南卡罗来纳州哥伦比亚举行的第56届年度银象盛会上发表讲话。
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“鉴于被告唐纳德·约翰·川普的其他刑事和民事案件在我们姐妹国家的法院悬而未决,佐治亚州提出了一些期限,这些期限与其他法院已经排定的听证会和审判日期不冲突,”文件称。
特朗普和其他18人周一被指控全面的敲诈勒索起诉涉嫌试图推翻格鲁吉亚的选举结果。这位前总统表示,他的行为并不违法,调查是出于政治动机。
这是对这位前总统的第四次起诉,除了曼哈顿地区检察官的封口费案件之外,他还面临特别检察官的联邦指控1月6日和机密文件探针。在所有四起案件中,他都不认罪。
在特朗普之前,没有任何前任或现任总统被起诉。
Willis proposes March 4 start date for Trump's Georgia election interference trial
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has proposed a March start date for the trial of former President Donald Trump and 18 others on charges related to efforts to overturn the2020 election resultsin Georgia.
The proposed pretrial scheduling order, filed on Wednesday, proposes a start date of March 4.
The date is one day before Super Tuesday in the 2024 presidential race, as Trump seeks a return to the White House.The proposed trial date also potentially conflicts with Trump's trial in New York on charges of falsifying business records in connection with ahush money paymentmade to adult film actress Stormy Daniels days before the 2016 presidential election.
That trial is currently scheduled to begin March 25. A spokesperson for the Manhattan district attorney's office told ABC News they would not comment on another jurisdiction's request.
Willis, in Wednesday's filing, also suggested that arraignment in the case take place "for the various defendants" three weeks from now, during the week of Sept. 5.
"In light of the Defendant Donald John Trump's other criminal and civil matters pending in the courts of our sister sovereigns, the State of Georgia proposes certain deadlines that do not conflict with these other courts' already scheduled hearings and trial dates," the filing states.
Trump and 18 others were charged Monday in asweeping racketeering indictmentfor alleged efforts to overturn Georgia's election results. The former president says his actions were not illegal and that the investigation is politically motivated.
The indictment is the fourth for the former president, who -- in addition to the Manhattan DA's hush money case -- also faces federal charges in the special counsel'sJan. 6andclassified documentsprobes. He has pleaded not guilty in all four cases.
Prior to Trump, no former or current president had ever been indicted.