bloodless, efficient prosecution of the law in a situation where the president is not in control but is nevertheless is being treated in accordance with due process as any american has as the right. it is important to note that that happened despite the fact that as we have all been covering, the atmospherics before today have been deeply disturbing. the kind of messages that fani willis has been getting, the threats that her staff have been getting, the threats that everyone involved in this have been enduring have been terrifying. those barricades have been up for weeks in front of the courthouse. they have been preparing. trump has been all but calling for civil war. he has not gotten any of it. he s calling for massive protest, massive resistance, and all the rest. it hasn t happened. the atmospheric leading to today, it s a relief to see that it is calm.
in terms of the process, it s normal. can i also ask you about something we were discussing earlier? which is the decision that i think surprised a lot of people today, after one of the codefendants asked for invoked his right to a speedy trial, district attorney fani willis said i m ready to go, 60 days, i m ready to try all 19 defendants. that struck i think a lot of people as very soon, and also a very crowded courtroom. you re a real expert on these matters and a former practitioner yourself. what did you make of that today? well, you better be careful what you ask for because you just may get it. right? this is a stunt that defense lawyers pull on prosecutors all the time, and they ask for speedy trials, and oftentimes they ll catch the prosecutor unprepared, and it will benefit the defense attorney. however, in a high-profile case like this where d.a. willis took a year or two in this investigation, you know, look, when she indicted this case, she
chesebro, should he cleave himself off. she proposed october 23rd. the judge today, i think some time between 4:00 and 6:00, ruled in her favor. she s prevailed so far in the meadows case. he wanted to wait until his proceeding to move his case to federal court. she s already, i mean, it s a long, long process, but she s batting 1,000 in front of judges. we don t know, you can t tell what s going on inside a prosecution or inside any criminal investigation except for what they say in court, except for what they publicly put out there, which is the way it should be, part of due process, but there was a sense with fani willis investigation that she was telegraphing a very long time in advance that this was coming and that she was prepared and she described it as imminent a long time before she finally brought the indictment. probably gave people a lot of, like what s the definition of imminent. but i think it gave people a lot of boy that cried wolf feeling about this. is it ever go