continues the source some kaitlan collins starts. now see you tomorrow so from the source tonight, a plot twist would major new developments and not one but two of the biggest cases against donald trump the georgia conspiracy case now on ice indefinitely. and in florida, judge cannon s unusual decision about trump s push to get jack smith fired plus post-conviction payback as trump s most serious thought so far is sounding more like a promise to investigate his enemies and potentially have them thrown in the present. and also we re tracking significant new concerns tonight about a potential new front and israel s war with its enemies. an influential former prime minister serve israel, will join me here, live i m kaitlin collins, and this is the source fresh off a fill hello, need conviction and awaiting sentencing that could include prison time potentially, donald trump score and some pretty big legal wins tonight. and his push to delay any other case from going to trial be
at every level, president biden should be ready because on january 20th, next year, when his former president, joe biden but what s good for the goose is good for the gander my next guest knows firsthand what it s like to be the center of trump s attacks andrew mccabe was the acting fbi director for trump fire james comey, and drew trump s rafah after he opened two investigations into the former president. it s great to have you here because i just few people know the your workings of the fbi better than you do. and you ve also personally experienced the pressure from donald trump. and when you see him promising this wholesale takeover of the justice department, i wonder how you worry about what that would look like. yeah, katelyn, i mean, i worry a lot about it and i think when you think about these things and you try to predict how donald trump is going to react are the steps he s going to take. you really don t have to go any further than listening to the things he
talking about with the campaign in the president himself believes was a traumatic significant event in the history of this country. and that is january 6th. campaign manager said to our colleague, andrea mitchell today, there is a moral obligation on the part of the president to seize this moment to remind the country of what is at stake. so the president may not continue to give this kind of speech on a regular basis over the weekend ahead, but this is one of those tenfold critical moments that get that urgent message out to the voters across the country. because they do feel this threat to democracy is sort of an ace in the whole message for them in the fall, when they re gonna be a lot of doubts hmong voters about both of the candidates on the ballot. well, we will not have a functioning, and certainly not thriving, economy if we lose our democracy. susan, what s your take? the dnc trying to emphasize election denialism as the center of trump s gop. you know, i think, here w
other witnesses to testify, including brad raffensperger, the secretary of state, who was at the center of trump s phone call where he asked him to find enough votes to win. so on monday we potentially will learn more about the next steps in the case. jeremy herb, thank you so much. with me now to discuss this further is kay levine, a professor of law at emory university school of law. great to see you. so i think everyone, conventional wisdom is everybody always wants a speedy trial. why is this unique that they would want a speedy trial when there are other defendants who are saying, namely the former president, who are saying, no, let s wait a bit? what are the pros and cons? i actually wouldn t agree with the statement that everybody always wants a speedy trial. speedy is kind of in the eye of the beholder. we have a u.s. constitutional provision that guarantees everyone a speedy trial, we have
your crimes were committed in behest of this scheme to have the person you are choosing reelected as president of united states. you re not any less culpable of these crimes because you did it for that purpose. that was one of the messages that i think needed to be sent. if you committed these crimes, you are just as guilty as anyone else who committed similar crimes. the only difference is, these crimes would ve resulted in the overturning of a lawful election in which 5.5 million people voted in my state. i want to ask on that, really quick, about that question of accountability. there is some sense that at the federal level, there are options for trump to derail all of this should he become the nominee, should he become president again in 2024, and that once again the onus may return to the states in terms of holding people to account. is that something you think about as this all moves forward, that if all else fails on the federal level, it will be the states in the united state