the supreme court intends to take the case and to issue a single ruling. dave, whether it s the superior court or supreme court, backlash might need to be considered, some might say. is the supreme court justice or a superior court judge looking at backlash or are they supposed to? what s the job? if you discipline a child forgetting into a fight, do you go, hmm, maybe i won t discipline the child because other kids might get mad. is the job to worry about backlash, or is the job to decide whether or not president donald trump, former president trump, engaged in insurrection and, therefore, is not qualified to be on the ballot? good morning, mika. it s not supposed to be considered the political backlash. that s why you give federal judges and justices lifetime
separations of power and the checks and balances to say, yes, we are a democracy but are a nation of laws. we re about to see donald trump wrap himself in the cloak of defender of the democracy. and that s why time is of the essence. former u.s. attorney and former msnbc contributor chuck rosenberg and dave aaronberg. chuck, i ll start with you. the lawyers have asked the superior court in maine to vacate, saying it s undemocratic, she doesn t have standing to do this on her own. how do you see this playing out? if you just want to focus on maine, willie, under maine law,
don t have that determines by an appellate court or supreme court. do we get this done enabling the trial to go forward. i think it s certainly in danger. dave, charlie has been talking about the january the 6th case and the chances for that coming to trial and being resolved. can you give us some kind of crystal ball gaze forward where we re going to be on all of these legal cases november 5th, election day of 2024? do you think any of them will have will any of them have started, concluded, resulted in any kind of sentencing? what sort of stage do you think any of them will be at? katty, i think two of the criminal cases could go before the election. the stormy daniels hush money
but i don t think he s going to win this, jonathan, because he s got to show he was acting within his role as chief of staff. well, he was helping trump as a candidate, not trump the president. and he was doing things that violated the hatch act, which prohibits federal officials from interfering in elections, so i don t think he s going to win this. and it s just worth underscoring just how much legal peril donald trump faces. we haven t even mentioned the classified documents case, which may be slower to proceed, but many prosecutors believe will be the easiest to receive a conviction. state attorney for palm beach county, dave aaronberg, thank you so much. we appreciate you walking us through all of this this morning. switching gears. moments ago trumpical storm idalia was upgraded to hurricane status as it s expected to further intensify through the gulf of mexico today and likely make landfall on florida s gulf coast as early as tomorrow. 21 million people are currently under
clear a charging decision could happen in the next few weeks. victor, erica? all right, paula. thank you. we ll get more perspective on what this could mean not only for the investigation but the former president s legal troubles. joining us now, dave aaronberg of palm beach, florida. let s start first with the oval office meeting, which as paula points out, we know a lot about it from the january 6th meetings from the house. how significant is this? how significant could it be for the overall investigation? good morning, erica. i think it s very important. what you had was a group of individuals called team crazy who came to the white house unannounced, sidney powell, rudy giuliani, patrickb burnes, and you had michael flynn and they were intercepted by what s called team normal.