An emergency request filed in the case by prosecutors is scheduled to be heard by the judge on Wednesday.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis expects the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump to extend into early 2025.
“I think the case will be on appeals for years … I believe in that case there will be a trial. 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,” Ms. Willis said in a Nov. 14 interview with The Washington Post.
When asked about whether this would mean the defendants in the case, including President Trump, would be on trial during the election season, Election Day, and even the inauguration day of the new president, Ms. Willis said, “I don’t, when making decisions about cases to bring, consider an election cycle or an election season, does not go into calculus. What goes into calculus is this is the law. These are the facts. And if the facts show you violated the law, then charges are brought.”
President Trump and 18 other co-defendants were charged with their alleged efforts to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election by Ms. Willis in August. Four of the co-defendants have accepted plea deals in the case. The trial start date has not yet been set.
The former president has pleaded not guilty to the charges, including claims that he violated Georgia’s anti-racketeering law. President Trump insists that the Georgia charges are aimed at politically wounding him and amount to interference in the 2024 presidential election.
Last month, several GOP state senators from Georgia filed a petition asking the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission to sanction Ms. Willis for “improperly” filing charges against President Trump.
The commission came into effect on Oct. 1 through a law signed by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp in May. The commission is empowered to sanction or remove district attorneys if they are found to have failed to follow state laws or engaged in misconduct.
