security and national defense, and in terms of, as martha was pointing out, we have one side of the story from the doj. we have not yet heard the president s side of the story and it may be a while before we do. he s having trouble securing counsel. he s got todd blanch working for him now, who handled the new york case. he s also got christopher kies, in for a little while, he was doing some consultation of the documents last year, he s a former solicitor general of florida from early in the 2000s, but does not really have a legal team yet. they were going after that yesterday, a bit of a cattle call to get lawyers to fight in this florida courtroom. the other lawyers said that that was part of the reason they left, but they could have represented him here as well. so i do think it s important to realize this is one step, the indictment is one step, it s not the whole picture as martha points out. there will be motions.
than risk being convicted and going to jail over this, that the smartest thing for him to do would be to flip. i m not sure the government how hard the government will try to flip him but the charges are impressive against him for somebody like that, and i think that s worth keeping an eye on as the trial goes. so far he s sticking with the boss and he may continue to. if he doesn t, look out. john: that local counsel is christopher kies, the former solicitor general of florida, 1 of 2 people representing the former president today, todd blanch, handling the new york case is the other one. but the former president, brit, continues to try to search for a legal team to see him through all of this. we should also point out the judge that he s appearing before today is the magistrate goodwin, and eileen cannon will see at least the beginning of this case, and take a look at her,