rape or. or did not know her or had never seen it before. he cannot question or attack her motives or the link that he had assaulted her. he cannot say that he was defending himself from a false accusation. he also cannot make reference to a wide range of other prejudicial, irrelevant or otherwise inadmissible matters that have featured prominently in his recent public statements about the case. joining us now is faith gay, former federal prosecutor for the eastern district of new york. faith, it's good to see you. i know that you have been following these cases very closely, as we all are. i am interested in knowing what you think about what just happened. 11th hour on the eve of a holiday weekend, literally right before trial is supposed to start on tuesday morning, trump tries to use the mother-in-law funeral tactic, which he tried in the new york attorney general civil fraud case the delay as well. do you think that that is a sign that trump knows that his goose is cooked when it comes to this other defamation suit? >> thanks katie for having me. when that happened with the civil suit, of course, guilt is established.