agreed. that was part of his official job. but now the doj has reversed that and said, given some of the evidence that came out in the first trial and given some of trump s subsequent statements, they ve actually now reversed themselves and said not in the course of his duties, will not represent him and he is not gonna be able to get rid the case on amini. the justice department would, in theory, say that about a past president. say it is protected because of the office of the presidency, not necessarily the specifics of what happened. merrick garland wasn t, i don t accuse tried to donald trump a favor there. the doj was being protective, may be over protective of the institution itself. elie honig, great to see you, keep that decoder ring safe. always calling on. it i want to now move to this filing from the trump legal team to delay the trial in the mar-a-lago case. i want to bring a former trump white house lawyer, jim scholz into the discussion. jim, it s great to see y
well won t represent him and he is not going to get rid of the case on immunity. the justice department would say that about a past president, say it is protected because of the office of the presidency, not necessarily the specifics what happened? yeah, merrick garland, i think doj was being they now admitted overprotective of the institution itself. elie honig, great to see you. keep the decoder ring safe. always calling on it. i want to move to this filing from the trump legal team to delay the trial in the mar-a-lago case. i want to bring former trump white house lawyer jim schultz into the discussion. jim, great to see you. i said this is likely good lawyering to ask for a delay in this trial until after the election, kind of like a slam-dunk for any lawyer. why is this something any lawyer would push for? look, they re going to ask for a delay, particularly in this case because of all of the things that are coming up, right there.