Donald Trump's Georgia Case Will Not Go to Trial Before Election, Court Decides

Donald Trump has seemingly evaded another criminal trial — at least until well after the 2024 election — following an appeals court order that shifted the timeline in his Georgia election subversion case.

On Wednesday, June 5, the Georgia Court of Appeals told Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee that he cannot move forward with pretrial motions as planned until a decision is made on Trump's latest appeal. (The former president recently challenged McAfee's decision to let District Attorney Fani Willis stay on the case, despite having a relationship with one of her prosecutors.)
Oral arguments in Trump's appeal are tentatively scheduled for Oct. 4, and the court will have until March to deliver its ruling. The losing side will be able to raise their issue with the Georgia Supreme Court, which would further delay the trial from getting underway.

For months, writing has been on the wall that only one of Trump's four criminal cases would reach a trial by November. That's his Manhattan criminal case, which recently led to a conviction on 34 felony counts of falsified business records with a larger implication that he intended to corrupt the 2016 presidential election.