Good evening once again, im stephanie ruhle. Donald trump is now seeking to delay his federal election interference trial until april of 2026. No, not next april 26, april 2026. That is almost three years from now. 17 months after the 2024 election. It is when his legal Team Proposed this evening in a court filing to the judge handling the case. They say, quote, must have adequate time to defend himself, citing the governments 11 and a half million pages of evidence, they said if the pages were stacked on top of one another, the result would be a tower taller than the Statue Of Liberty and the washington monument. Remember, jack smith has asked for Jury Selection to start in december, with a trial beginning on january 2nd of 2024. Meanwhile the former president has been speaking out against his four separate indictments. Today he told fox business, he wants his party to do a better job of defending him. It is just a continuation of silencing, they want to silence. You if you look, this
Time to consider the charges against donald trump and make up your own mind, what we tried to do in the book, in our commentary and insider tips and the cast of characters is made this is easily digestible and understandable as possible for lawyers and nonlawyers alike. We understand that there are various rationales for the decisions that were made by prosecutors and we tried to reveal those in this book. And again, as part of that educative mission we have tried in this hour to explain some of those choices and the implications of all of these delays in their we are so grateful to all of you for joining us for this hourlong special. We really appreciate it. I am melissa my. I am Andrew Wiseman. Good night. Am Andrew Wiseman. Good night. A good evening once again. I am stephanie ruhle. We are now 200 85 days away from the election and you are in luck. Tonight we have a very special nightcap we are going to get to in just a moment featuring an amazing lineup of student journalists. Fir
The sleeves up because we are 235 days away from the election. Every day we are getting closer. The stakes get even higher. This week President Biden and donald trump wrapped up their primaries and other presumptive nominees. At the same time, all four criminal trials against trump are facing even more delays. In georgia, District Attorney forney willis can proceed with her case. With that, lets bring in our night and get ready because i could not be more excited about who is joining because they are the future stars of journalism in this country. Four outstanding Student Journalists from across the nation who have done amazing work. They have not in and graduated from college yet. Get ready to feel like you are and under performer. Theo baker, former spotlight editor at the stanford daily. The youngest ever recipient of the prestigious polk award. You have seen him before. Caitlin 80 joins us. Editor at the daily tar heel. The Student Newspaper at the university of North Carolina in c
Welcome to prime time weekend point lets get right to the top stories this week. In a perfect world, we would not start where we are starting today. We would like to begin with the results of what amounts to a complete sideshow, a legal circus, a spectacle and a deliberate diversion. First and foremost, we should be clear that todays ruling from the Fulton County Superior Court was a victory for the rule of law for fani willis herself. In the matter of the d. A. S relationship with special prosecutor, nathan wade, the ultimatum and noun amounted to this, leave way behind her hot the prosecution altogether. It turned out to be an easy choice for d. A. Willis, a determined public figure. Remember what she said when she announced the indictment. The states role in this process is essential to the functioning of our democracy. Georgia, like every state has laws that allow those who believe the results of an election are wrong, whether because of intentional wrongdoing or unintentional erro
Tonight on all in. Im giving the defendants the opportunity to voluntarily surrender no later than noon on friday, the 25th day of august. Donald trump is given ten days to surrender. Hes got to surrender by the 25th. The debates on the 23rd. Whats the plan . To surrender, he will surrender. A familiar Refrain Returns as the public defense. John gotti never even had four indictments at once. Theyre worried they cant beat him in the ballot box. Tonight, sweeping rico charges for the ex president and his foot soldiers. No laws were written for any organization that turns itself into a criminal ongoing organization. Involving legal strategies for the maga inner circle. Better get a great criminal defense lead lawyer. Youre gonna need it. Late filing for mark meadows to move the Fulton County charges to Federal Court, and which of the four criminal trials of donald trump is most important. Which will go to trial first . I did everything right and they indicted me. When all in starts, right