that pressure is virtually nonexistent, possibly in the florida case but that pressure is much much stronger in the georgia case tonight. with 18 codefendants of donald trump, each wondering how much prison time they could be facing in that case. none of donald trump s 18 accused coconspirators in georgia can just sit back and bet on donald trump winning the next presidential election and making that case go away because the president of the united states has absolutely no power to intervene in any way in the georgia criminal prosecution of donald trump s criminal enterprise. leading off our discussion tonight is glenn he s fleming, andrew weissmann, former fbi general counsel, a professor in practice it nyu law school, and an msnbc legal and analyst, also harry lippman, former u.s. attorney and former deputy
criminal enterprise. leading off our discussion tonight is glenn he s fleming, andrew weissmann, former fbi general counsel, a professor in practice it nyu law school, and an msnbc legal and analyst, also harry littman, former u.s. attorney and former deputy assistant general, senior legal affairs general for the los angeles times. and gwen, let me begin with you on a point that we were working on last night and that is the question of mandatory minimums. in the georgia law, the rico law, there appears to be a mandatory minimum sentence of five years but there are indications that there is still discretion left to the judge to not necessarily impose prison time and that could be done through probation. what is the real mandatory minimum? let me put it this way, is there a mandatory minimum of
biden and deranged jack smith. and then in iowa last night, he had this to say. if i weren t running, i would have nobody coming after me, or if i was losing by a lot, i would have nobody coming after me. they wouldn t be coming after me. now, this comes, neil, as we were also closely watching that january 6th grand jury in d.c. to see if they will hand up any charges. we saw trump s attorneys meeting with smith s counsel on thursday, which is usually this last step before indictments come. the grand jury didn t meet on friday and have yet to hand up any indictments, so we re paying close attention this coming week to see if there s any movement there. in all, trump is facing 41 possible charges in that florida case. that could be a maximum of 140 years in prison. neil? neil: thank you for that, griff jenkins. let s go to the former deputy assistant general of the united states. always a pleasure. thank you for coming in on a
donald j. trump will begin may 24th of next year, in a florida courtroom. trump s lawyers argued for a start date after the november election. prosecutors wanted to start this year. but the judge did what judges often do, which is disappoint both parties and find the middle. we will see if that date actually sticks. it s hard for a judge to force a defendant to trial, if the defense attorneys really claim they re not ready. that s not the only legal matter making news this week. former president says he s the target of yet another criminal probe. this one related to january 6th. what might those new charges be? joining us no analyze the latest joining us to analyze the latest is former deputy assistant general. professor, welcome. thank you for joining us. let s start in florida. it is never a really good time to be on trial, particularly when the sentence could be longer than your life span. i know he s not happy about the trial date, but do you think it
24th of next year, in a florida courtroom. trump s lawyers argued for a start date after the november election. prosecutors wanted to start this year. but the judge did what judges often do, which is disappoint both parties and find the middle. we will see if that date actually sticks. it s hard for a judge to force a defendant to trial, if the defense attorneys really claim they re not ready. that s not the only legal matter making news this week. former president says he s the target of yet another criminal probe. this one related to january 6th. what might those new charges be? joining us no analyze the latest joining us to analyze the latest is former deputy assistant general. professor, welcome. thank you for joining us. let s start in florida. it is never a really good time to be on trial, particularly when the sentence could be longer than your life span. i know he s not happy about the trial date, but do you think it