Fani Willis asks for Trump to face trial on OCTOBER 23 in Georgia election fraud case
- Former President Trump is expected to surrender in Fulton County, Georgia, on election fraud charges later Thursday
- Georgia DA Willis asked for the date for Trump and the 18 co-defendants to face a judge after indicted lawyer Kenneth Chesebro asked for a speedy trial
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has requested Donald Trump face trial in Georgia on October 23 in a surprise decision just hours before the ex-president turns himself in.
Willis asked for the date for Trump and the 18 co-defendants to face a judge after indicted lawyer Kenneth Chesebro asked for a speedy trial.
Her shock request comes as the former president prepares to fly into Atlanta to surrender to cops and pose for a mugshot.
Trump has frequently attacked Willis since he was indicted over his bid to try and overturn the election.
He told Tucker Carlson on Wednesday night that she is ‘getting killed,’ in language similar to the rhetoric leading up to the Capitol Riot.
Willis asked for the date for Trump and the 18 co-defendants to face a judge after indicted lawyer Kenneth Chesebro asked for a speedy trial
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has requested Donald Trump face trial in Georgia on October 23 in a surprise decision just hours before the ex-president turns himself in
Mugshots of nine of Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the Georgia ‘criminal enterprise’ attempt to overturn the 2020 election have been released by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office
Willis gave Trump and his co-defendants until noon on Friday, August 25, to voluntarily turn themselves over for booking and arraignment.
They ‘knowingly and willfully joined a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome of the election in favor of Trump,’ the indictment says.
The 41-count charge against Trump and his 18 co-defendants marks the fourth and latest indictment against the ex-president.
Trump was charged with RICO – Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations – a count which is frequently used to try mafia figures, cartel leaders and gangland bosses.
He is also charged with solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer; conspiracy to commit forgery in the first-degree; perjury; and a host of other counts.
If convicted on all charges, he faces 71 years in prison – and state charges, unlike federal, cannot be pardoned by a president.
Nine of Trump’s allies have turned themselves in to the Georgia prison so far this week and their mugshots have been released by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office.
A Fulton County Sheriff’s Deputy stands watch oustide of the Fulton County Jail ahead of former President Donald Trump’s surrender
Supporters of former President Donald Trump, Georgina and Cliff MacMorris hold flags outside of the Fulton County Jail
An October trial date further complicates Trump’s schedule as he moves to retake the White House.
In late September there’s a second Republican primary debate.
Trump chose to snub the first debate, held Wednesday night in Milwaukee, and reportedly will skip this one too, but he’ll also have less than three months before the primary contests begin.
And October 2 is the trial date for the Trump Organization $250 million civil fraud suit, filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James.
James sued Trump, his business and his eldest three children for fraud, saying the ex-president ‘wildly exaggerated his net worth by billions of dollars,’ while manipulating property valuations to get tax breaks and better terms on loans and insurance policies.
The first primary contest, the Iowa caucuses, is scheduled for January 15.
Earlier Thursday one of Trump’s rivals, former U.N. Amb. Nikki Haley, was already pointing out what a time suck all of the ex-president’s trials would be – suggesting it would cost him the presidential race.
‘He’s going to spend more time in a courtroom than he’s going to spend on the campaign trail,’ Haley said on Fox News Channel.
TRUMP’S DISASTER DIARY FOR 2024
With Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ shock decision Thursday for Trump to have an October 23 trial on Georgia state charges the ex-president is looking at a jam-packed schedule as he appears in court again and again while campaigning for the presidency.
Here’s what his schedule looks like up until election day 2024:
August 25, 2023: Georgia deadline for Trump to turn himself in
Willis gave Trump and the other 18 people indicted in Fulton County, Georgia 10 days to turn themselves in or be arrested.
August 28, 2023: Hearing for federal 2020 election and January 6 case
Trump’s lawyers will return to federal court in Washington, D.C. to stand before U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is expected to use the hearing to determine a trial date.
Trump’s legal team has pushed for the trial to take place after the 2024 election, while prosecutors want a ‘speedy trial.’
Then candidate Donald Trump (center) appears at a GOP primary debate in February 2016. There are debates scheduled in September and October that Trump will easily qualify for – but the ex-president has yet to announce if he’ll appear at the first debate next week in Milwaukee
September 27, 2023: Second Republican primary debate
The 2024 Republican hopefuls are expected to meet onstage for the second debate of the primary cycle. It’s scheduled to take place at the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.
October 2, 2023: Trial date for Trump Organization civil fraud suit
The $250 million civil lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James goes to trial. In September, James sued Trump, his business and his eldest three children for fraud.
She said the ex-president ‘wildly exaggerated his net worth by billions of dollars,’ while manipulating property valuations to get tax breaks and better terms on loans and insurance policies.
October 23, 2023: Proposed start date for the Fulton County, Georgia trial
Willis said Thursday, the day Trump was to surrender to cops and get his mugshot taken, that she wanted the election interference trial to start in less than two months time.
Willis asked for the date for Trump and the 18 co-defendants to face a judge after indicted lawyer Kenneth Chesebro asked for a speedy trial.
January 2, 2024: Proposed start of federal 2020 election and January 6 trial
Special Counsel Jack Smith has proposed this as the start date for the federal trial on the charges related to Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election and his role in January 6.
The Iowa caucuses are set to take place on January 15, 2024. They’re the first contest of the 2024 primary cycle. Trump (left) is photographed campaigning in Iowa in 2016 alongside Sen. Joni Ernst (center) and now former Rep. Steve King (right)
January 15, 2024: The Iowa caucuses
The 2024 election’s official kick-off date. The Iowa caucuses are the official start of Republican primary season. Voters throughout the Hawkeye State will gather at caucus sites and hear a pitch from each candidate or a surrogate for each candidate before casting their vote.
Iowa has given candidates momentum to eventually win the party’s nomination – such as for Barack Obama in 2008 – or crushed candidates’ presidential dreams.
Trump lost the 2016 Iowa caucus to Sen. Ted Cruz.
January 15, 2024: E. Jean Carroll defamation trial begins
E. Jean Carroll’s original defamation lawsuit against Trump goes to trial – but luckily for the ex-president, with the Iowa caucuses happening the same day, the 2024 Republican hopeful doesn’t have to attend in person.
Carroll sued Trump in November 2019 for defamation after he publicly denied her claims of being raped by him in 1996 in the Bergdorf Goodman department store i New York City. Trump said that Carroll was ‘totally lying’ and ‘not my type.’
In a separate lawsuit that went to trial earlier this year, jury members found that Trump did not rape Carroll but sexually abused her and awarded her $5 million in the suit, something Trump is challenging.
Trump complained Tuesday about all of his court dates coming up as he attempts to retake the White House
January 23, 2024: The tentative date for the New Hampshire primary
The Granite State will hold its first-in-the-nation primary a week after the Iowa caucuses. In 2016, New Hamphire gave Trump his first primary election night win. In current polls, he’s 40 points ahead of the second-place candidate, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
January 29, 2024: Trial in pyramid scheme class-action suit
Yet another trial will kick off in January. This federal class action lawsuit was filed just before the 2018 midterms and alleged that Trump and his three eldest children convinced consumers to invest in a get-rich-quick scheme. ‘The Investments did not – and could not – offer a reasonable probability of success,’ the lawsuit said.
February 8, 2024: Nevada caucuses
The third primary contest of the year takes place in Nevada. Trump won the Nevada caucuses in 2016.
February 24, 2024: South Carolina primary
The fourth primary contest will take place in South Carolina, where two of Trump’s Republican rivals are from.
February 27, 2024: Michigan primary
The fifth primary contest next year will take place in Michigan, a state Trump won in the general election in 2016, helping him win the White House over Hillary Clinton.
Since then, the state has been trending blue, with a Democratic governor, Democrats controlling state government and President Joe Biden winning the state over Trump during the 2020 race. ‘
March 5, 2024: Super Tuesday
Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont and Virginia will hold their primaries next year on Super Tuesday.
March 25, 2024: Hush money case goes to trial
About a year after Trump’s first indictment, on New York state charges related to the hush money payments given to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election, the case will go to trial.
If GOP voters coalesce around one Trump rival, the Republican primary could still be ongoing.
During his last competitive cycle, Trump didn’t become the presumptive GOP nominee until May 3, 2016.
The classified documents case is set to go to trial in mid-May despite Trump’s lawyers pushing Trump-appointed federal Judge Aileen M. Cannon to delay it until after the 2024 presidential election
May 20, 2024: Classified documents trial is set to begin
The Trump-appointed federal Judge Aileen M. Cannon picked mid-May for the classified documents trial to begin.
Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team had originally wanted the Florida-based case to go to trial in December, while Trump’s lawyers asked that it be delayed until after the 2024 presidential election.
July 15 to 18 2024: Republican National Convention
Republicans will make their primary pick official at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Democrats were supposed to have their 2020 convention in the midwestern city, but instead held a scaled-back version in Wilmington, Delaware due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
November 4, 2024: Election Day
Americans will vote for president on the first Tuesday of November next year.
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