Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is pushing for the trial of former President Donald Trump and nineteen others to proceed in Georgia, rejecting the idea of postponing it until after the 2024 election.
Willis emphasized that criminal investigations should not halt due to political campaigns.
She aims to start the trial on August 5, 2024, but legal experts find this timing perplexing, suggesting the possibility of an earlier trial. (Trending: Joe Biden Impeachment Formalized As Republicans Unite)
“If the prosecutor finds that they violated the law, they have an ethical duty to bring forth charges, and so this is a silly notion to me that because one runs from office, your criminal case would stop,” Willis said.
“A woman in Georgia can get evidence, look at the evidence, and make charging decisions, and we can do it all here in the state of Georgia.”
“Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance said that Willis’s proposed August 5 start date is ‘a little perplexing,’ given that there may be an opportunity to put Trump on trial earlier in the year, especially as Judge Aileen Cannon might delay Trump’s trial for allegedly hoarding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida,” Newsweek wrote.
“With Judge Aileen Cannon in Florida showing signs of being less than committed to her May trial schedule, there might be some room for an earlier date in Georgia, which makes the timing of Willis’ request a little perplexing,” Vance stated.
“The Mar-a-Lago case is straightforward, and it’s hard to imagine it taking more than several weeks, at the outside, to try. We may gain some insight Friday on when Judge McAfee wants to try his case.”
Willis believes the trial could extend into 2025.
Despite potential legal maneuvers by Trump, including pardons or claiming immunity, Willis remains firm in her decision to pursue charges, stating that election cycles do not influence her legal actions.
“I believe the trial will take many months. And I don’t expect that we will conclude until the winter or the very early part of 2025,” Willis said.
“I don’t, when making decisions about cases to bring, consider any election cycle or an election season.”
“Of course, as with many things Trump, we lack a precedent,” New York University law professor Stephen Gillers said.
“But I believe that the Supreme Court would order a delay of any state criminal prosecution of a sitting president until the end of his term, regardless of when the alleged crime occurred.”
“I don’t, when making decisions about cases to bring, consider any election cycle or an election season,” she said.
“That does not go into the calculus. What goes into the calculus is: This is the law. These are the facts. And the facts show you violated the law. Then charges are brought.”
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