good morning. it is sunday, july 2nd. i am michael steele filling in for my good friend ali velshi. donald trump s third presidential campaign is unlike any other presidential campaign in american history. as that twice indicted, twice impeached former president waits to see what other legal troubles might be coming his way over the next few months, he s used his campaign rallies to air out his grievances, and rather than focus his efforts on his legal defense and actually trying to find a lawyer who is going to represent him, he s chosen to litigate his case on the campaign trail instead. yesterday, trump made a stop in pickens, south carolina, a small sleepy town near the blue ridge mountains that has a population of about 3000. he was supposedly there to campaign, but mainly, he was there to complain. a former president spent roughly 90 minutes on stage, spewing out disinformation about his legal predicament, and vowing to take revenge against those he considers his poli
doing what trump asked. how do you see it? of course, donald trump and his team of lawyers will make that ask of judge cannon. you re absolutely right, joy. but if judge cannon can sit fair, impartially, and independently, and she s an honest broker of the law, here s what she should say. i set this trial date ten months in advance to give you all enough time to do what you needed to do, to prepare to defend donald trump at trial. guess what. i already knew there was going to be a presidential election in november 2024, when i set a may 2024 trial date. folks, we re going to trial. here s what i ll say, joy. when federal judges set trial dates, particularly so far in advance, i mean, nearly a year for goodness sake.
prosecutors call those shifting stories, consciousness of guilt. if what you are saying is true, then why did it take you three, four, five different versions to get their? so, i can imagine prosecutors are taking note of these defenses, gathering up those recordings, and play them for the jury in trial. jennifer, between the unsealed federal indictment of trump and that recently uncovered recordings from but minister of trump, showing classified documents, the people without the proper clearance in bedminster, there s a lot of that they re about trump s misconduct. do you see any of this moving the needle away from trump politically or is the more we, his base in particular finds out, the more they are, like this is my man? it s very much the latter, michael, the more they find out, the more they feel like, this is our guy. wow, look at what a hard person he is. look how tough, how strong he is. the most recent poll i saw just
defenses that he s put out there regarding that classified documents, it keeps changing. to me, it kind of gives the feeling that he s trying to throw something to see what will stick. you know, when you look at what he said in that recording at bedminster, it s like, dude, it s your own take, right? he said, oh, it is just bravado, i wasn t really serious. this shifting of his defenses here, what do you make of that? and what does it mean potentially for the prosecutors, or the prosecution in this case? well, in some ways he seems to be crowd sourcing his defenses, michael. as you said throwing out some different ideas he wants ditched. but what is so damaging about it at the end of the day all of those defenses and all of the statements can be used against him in trial. it s the reasons that lawyers usually tell their clients to keep quiet while a case is spending so they can figure out what the best strategy is at the time of trial. so, all of these different defenses and evolving
had that for a long time. brian other choice before doug, you| had that for a long time. e in other choice before doug, you know, he comes on the programme. you ran some his campaign last time around. one of the issues has always been that you agree with something of donald trump and that s a strategy he s developed, and then he goes his own way. he s very difficult to control. must be impossible for his lawyers. control. must be impossible for his la ers. ., .,~ , control. must be impossible for his la ers. ., w , ., lawyers. that makes it even harder. and so again. lawyers. that makes it even harder. and so again, this lawyers. that makes it even harder. and so again, this is lawyers. that makes it even harder. and so again, this is why lawyers. that makes it even harder. and so again, this is why there - lawyers. that makes it even harder. and so again, this is why there is i and so again, this is why there is a real question as to whether or not he s going to have a gag or