i still think it would be a long shot, but that would give them out because ren the posing a real conflict between the right of somebody to run. pr you know, a candidate to run its party effectively for president and the state judicial system. but still, it would be a long shot. chris, do you think it s a long shot? i think it s 5050. real quickr 50/5. you know, of course, it s a long shot, but this is just an extraordinary case in american history. this is not your normal criminal appeal. i mean, i understand what sol was saying is right, the run up to the mine case. but i think the supreme court, united state areits, now,h they re grappling with a presidential immunity case. they are verthese y familiar with these issues. again, they re the supreme court of the united stateseverye everything else is the courts of the state of new york, ste that states is uniquely qualified to recognize the compelling federal interest here. i m very concerned about the idea of trump just spendin s
at reversal. joining me now, saul eisenberg, fox news contributofr ,former deputy independent counsel, and chris landau, former supreme court lawnd clerk and former ambassador to mexico. chris let s start with you here. you re an appellate litigator. you ve argued many cases before the supreme court. what is the appellate process? state first in a possible federal move as? well. sure. well, in new york, like manys l states has a three tiered justice system. the trial court, wheret coon the conviction was just or the jury very good just held. then there was intermecourt in court of appeals. you have an appeal as of right to that court, and thenk you have a state supreme court in new york. it s called the court courppeals tses on that takes cm on a discretionary basis. and then you cane go to the u.o supreme court if you have federal issues. but i thin be k right now we gos to be talking not about just the eventual appeal going now i to drag on well beyond the election. i think the
to get to a year and have a documentary is just amazing for us. we are thrilled! chris let s talk about the documentary for a moment. how did you decide on doing that documentary about this? how did you connect with the family? how did you manage to get through them with all the thousands of phone calls and messages that they were receiving on any given day. well obviously, the whole world wanted to know the mystery, why did the president s lawyer hold the press conference of the landscaping company? so clearly, there was a big question, the million dollar question that needed to be solved. yes, i look from all over the world to reach out for them. but i actually had sort of an in try track. as it turned out a friend of mine s, brother is friends with us on middleton. that like you say that s on four seasons i was actually able to get on the phone with them before anyone else did it. and when we got on the phone