<p>Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has proposed that former US President Donald Trump's trial on election interference charges start on March 4, 2024, a date that would have Trump in court mid-campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.</p><p>Willis submitted her recommendation in a court filing on Wednesday, which also said that initial appearances for the various defendants charged in the Georgia election case should happen during the week of Sept. 5.</p><p>Trump is set to be on trial in New York on March 25, 2024, on separate charges of concealing a hush money payment to a porn star - a schedule that the former president is certain to raise in response to the recommended start date in Georgia.</p>.Explained | What RICO charges in Georgia mean for Trump and allies.<p>Trump's attorneys have argued in other criminal cases that any trial be scheduled until after the November 2024 US presidential election.</p><p>He is set to go on trial in Florida in May on charges of retaining sensitive government documents after leaving office.</p><p>US Special Counsel Jack Smith's office has also asked a Washington, DC., federal judge to schedule a January 2 trial start date on charges that Trump plotted to overturn his 2020 election loss. Trump's attorneys face a Thursday deadline to propose their own trial date in that case.</p>
<p>Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has proposed that former US President Donald Trump's trial on election interference charges start on March 4, 2024, a date that would have Trump in court mid-campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.</p><p>Willis submitted her recommendation in a court filing on Wednesday, which also said that initial appearances for the various defendants charged in the Georgia election case should happen during the week of Sept. 5.</p><p>Trump is set to be on trial in New York on March 25, 2024, on separate charges of concealing a hush money payment to a porn star - a schedule that the former president is certain to raise in response to the recommended start date in Georgia.</p>.Explained | What RICO charges in Georgia mean for Trump and allies.<p>Trump's attorneys have argued in other criminal cases that any trial be scheduled until after the November 2024 US presidential election.</p><p>He is set to go on trial in Florida in May on charges of retaining sensitive government documents after leaving office.</p><p>US Special Counsel Jack Smith's office has also asked a Washington, DC., federal judge to schedule a January 2 trial start date on charges that Trump plotted to overturn his 2020 election loss. Trump's attorneys face a Thursday deadline to propose their own trial date in that case.</p>