Georgia prosecutor seeks March trial date for Trump and others in election case

Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis (John Bazemore/AP)

The prosecutor in Atlanta, Georgia, who obtained an indictment this week against former US president Donald Trump and 18 others wants to take the case to trial in March.

Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis said in a proposed scheduling order filed with the court on Wednesday that she wants the trial to start on March 4.