the month. but his lawyer certainly will be. and also at that august 28 court hearing we are expecting to see potentially a trial date be set. wow, courts legal reporter for the hill. zach schonfeld, then you very much for being on. we let s bring in msnbc political contributor, amy fang, and maybe rocha, and author and msnbc political analyst, and that. his book, the purse waiters, at the front lines of the fight for our hearts, minds, and democracy. maybe, center on the front lines. obviously, an active prosecutor in new york state. i m curious what was your take away from yesterday? just like everyone has been saying, in some ways very routine. and arraignments, this is what every defendant who is charged with a crime it goes there. with that in and of itself is remarkable, considering who the
said we want august 28. he won the day because the manager has to defer to the schedule of the defense attorney, who has other clients in other cases. but that was an example and then they immediately started arguing about, prosecutor said, look our attention here is to seek a speedy trial. and john morales stood up and said wait a second, we need to understand what the scope of the discovery, is that there s a lot of reason for a delay. you can already see, it that s gonna be the huge issue in this trial. it is trump trying to delay it. but a lot of legal experts i ve talked to think this is a streamlined case with one defendant without the complexities of the castle fide documents that you have down four. so it s very feasible with the right judge who is interested in moving the case along to get this trial, get this case to trial before the november election and perhaps even before next summer. it takes an average of a year and a half in d.c. for the complex case to go to trial, but
the indictment and possibly explained indictment to mr. trump, he seemed animated and inquisitive. people said that he was looser perhaps then last one and he was asked his name, donald j trump, and he added john, asked his age he said 77, 77, the upshot here was that this is washington d.c., this is different from florida. i ve covered trials and criminal cases in that courtroom in other courtrooms i look exactly like it, and to me was bracing, drawing to see the former president sitting at the defense table of that courtroom. next hearing scheduled for august 28 just over three weeks from now when a trial date will be set, there will be a lot of haggling and negotiating back and forth about when that will be, that is critical to see what if it will be completed before the election. joyce vance, i want to ask you about the admonition from the judge, she told donald trump it
fingerprinting and entering a plea, we have seen this before, and so has the former president. and so has the former president. and so has the former resident. ~ , , ., president. as you said, he faces a number president. as you said, he faces a number of- president. as you said, he faces a number of legal. faces a number of legal challenges. it is the third indictment, a fourth one possibly in georgia as well. as we said, the next hearing is scheduled for august the 28. what are the next steps in all these legal battles that he faces? ., , ~ , these legal battles that he faces? . , ., faces? that is the key date. au:ust faces? that is the key date. august 28. faces? that is the key date. august 28, that faces? that is the key date. august 28, that is - faces? that is the key date. august 28, that is the - faces? that is the key date. august 28, that is the next | august 28, that is the next time this case will be in court. it will be presided over byjudge chutkan, she is presidi
back at his golf resort of a at the pleading not guilty in the alleged plot to reverse his 2020 election loss. he plans to attend a fundraiser in alabama tonight and another event this south carolina saturday. his next hearing is set for august 28 when the judge is expected to set a trial date. justice department prosecutors want to move things along quickly, but trump s legal team is looking to delay the trial until after the 2024 election. sources tell cnn that trump left the courthouse on thursday in a sour and dejected mood, upset that the judge addressed him as mr. trump instead of mr. president. he spoke briefly with reporters at the airport. this is a persecution of a political opponent. this was never supposed to happen in america. this is the persecution of the person that is leading by very, very substantial numbers in the republican primary and leading biden by a lot.