The Fulton County District Attorney in Georgia, who is investigating charges against former President Donald Trump and 14 others who allegedly participated in an attempt to sway the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, proposed on Friday that the trial begin on August 5, 2024.

Prosecutor Fannie Willis also asked Judge Scott McAfee, who will have the final say, to set a June 21 deadline for the guilty plea.

Donald Trump’s attorney in the state of Georgia, Stephen Sandow, objected to the date being set and asked the judge to set a hearing to hear arguments from both sides.

Four of the 19 defendants included in the indictment issued on August 14 have already pleaded guilty. They were given reduced sentences, no jail time, in exchange for their testimony at the trial of the remaining defendants.

Prosecutor Willis argued that choosing August 5 would avoid the possibility that the trial in the state of Georgia would coincide with others pending against Donald Trump in federal courts, scheduled to begin on March 4 and May 20, 2024.

He insisted that the 15 defendants be tried at the same time, stressing that after the deadline to be set, they would not be offered a deal and would face the maximum penalties if convicted.

In a recent interview with the Washington Post, prosecutor Willis had estimated that “the trial will take months” and will not be concluded before the end of next year or the first months of 2025.

Among the defendants are Trump’s former lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and his last White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows. All are free on bail, but the prosecutor requested the revocation of the measure for one of them, Harrison Floyd, whom she accused of attempting to intimidate witnesses.

Donald Trump, considered the favorite for the Republican nomination, denounces his legal adventures as “election interference” instigated by Democrats to exclude him from the race for the White House and demands that any trial not start before the presidential elections. elections of November 5, 2024.