florida ahead of the republican national convention in july and soon they travel have to be scheduled for the new indictment in washington d.c. which jacks mitt hopes to have wrapped up before the election in november. now, they defended donald trump will have to be in all criminal trials and there is only one of them. so how exactly is that going to work. harry lippman is a former u.s. attorney for the western district of pennsylvania and former deputy assistant attorney general. legal affairs columnist at the los angeles times where he wrote trump spacing is most important dominate. catherine christian is a former prosecutor in the matt hatton district attorney s office both run now. it s great to have you here. first let us just talk about, start with you catherine. in your time, have you ever seen a defendant to have three different trials and three defenders stations at the same time? you can t try them simultaneously. actually there are defendants we ve had multiple indictments
will try one, get convicted, then plead for the others, or a plea for all of them. clearly that s not gonna happen in this case. so right, if someone goes up and down the east coast assaulting people, or killing them, or something like that. or through new york in different counties in new york. and different counties. sure. generally the way that plays out is, one of those goes first, and there s a trial. usually the most serious. one the most serious one. or the federal one. yes. and if that is secured, then they all fold. or if it s acquitted, it s also the other way. and when this, once let me try that. one but if there s a conviction on one, particularly the federal, and the more serious state one, they all fall. so now let s talk about, so let s if you have different jurisdictions. so now we ve got different jurisdictions in the federal system, two different jurisdictions, and then a state case in new york. what is the interplay between the federal primacy a
there s no way in the world this case if it starts in april will be over by may. i would say it will be may, that would be the request. but we ll find out what the request is. the defense is fighting this. but by the time this really comes up, and by the way, i don t think that caplan is going to move the e. jean carroll case, and that s going to be a really rough one for trump. but he doesn t have to be there. . but in any event, by then things will have moved with the mar-a-lago case, i think. it will be that kind of free birth for this one. you think that by then, the
that is actionable, and we ll see what a jury says, but perhaps we ll actually and in criminal conviction. let s talk about criminal intent, one of the most important aspects of this, and it clear that i think there s three prongs to the defense. criminalizing speech in front of conduct, he was relying on his lawyer s advice. and then this third one having to do with intent. i ll read here today from his lawyer saying i would like them to try to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that donald trump believed that these allegations were false. basically, rick, the notion that he is so, that he is essentially clinically deluded about the reality of the matter, despite the repeated evidence presented to him time and time again, said in the indictment. that clinical delusion means he is incapable of forming criminal intent. what do you think about that?
indictment in washington, d.c., which jacks mitt hopes to have robert wrapped up before the election in november. the defendant, on trump, for criminal trials, we ll have to be at all criminal trials. there s only one of them. how exactly is that gonna work? harry litman s former u.s. attorney for the western district of pennsylvania, and former deputy assistant legal affairs columnist for the los angeles times. nearly insurmountable odds at trial. catherine christian is a former prosecutor in the manhattan district attorney s office, and both join me now. great to have you here. first, let s just talk about, i ll start with you catherine, in your time have you ever seen the defendant have three different trials in three different jurisdictions the same time? you can t try them simultaneously, but actually there are defendants who had multiple indictments and unfortunately it happens all the time. usually with violent offenders. and what usually happens, they