at this point as everybody has surrendered. it is on one front, but we have a lot of moving parts still in this case. this sprawling case against 19 deparfendants. as of now, all of the defendants have been arrested. there s one that is remaining in jail. there s a possibility he s going to be detained for a bit longer because he doesn t have a bond agreement all of the others had so they can get into the jail and arrested just like donald trump did as well but as this case moves forward, where we are today is that there are a lot of options that these criminal defendants have. trump included, but what we re watch ing for is splits between them essentially. one defendant did get a date set. he asked for a speedy trial. that was ken chooez chez bo ro. to try to overturn the election
giuliani s use of it against the mafia, but as long as you make the legal elements, you can charge it. this particular office is quite expert at using rico in the nontraditional ways. it s a broader statute. so from a legal standpoint, they are going to try to use jury nullification, but probably not based on that. that assumes a level of sophistication among the jurors. you shouldn t use rico cases in anything but the mafia. their challenge is, as michael was pointing out, really connecting the dots to the master minds because it s not looking like a violent crime enterprise. they do have to connect those dots. but as a legal matter, i don t think that s going to be tough. the real challenge is the logistic of having that many defendants in the case. we talked a little bit about this. the idea that chooez bo ro, one of the attorneys is asking for and was granted a speedy trial .