they have been hearing cases about armed robberies and hearing cases about murders, you know, sort of run of the mill cases if fulton county and so what i think is that the fulton county district attorney s team is going to come in before that grand jury and say either monday or tuesday, okay, today you re going to hear a different kind of case and then they re going to put on witnesses that can sort of craft this narrative about the efforts to try to overturn the 2020 election, whether it was the phone call between donald trump and brad raffensperger where trump asked him to find the vote, whether it s the fake elector scheme or the voting breach in coffee county, georgia, and then she will ask for the indictments she s seeking. i want to bring john into the conversation. john, good to see you, what do you make of a former lieutenant governor testifying against a former president of the united states in a scheme to try to overturn an election result? must be a good witness because
hearing cases until september 1st. also tonight, there is another new development that could add to trump s legal problems. the department of justice said he can be held liable for comments he made back in 2019 about writer e. jean carroll after she publicly accused him of rape. that is a very big reversal from the doj s earlier position. the department had argued trump should have total immunity for his remarks because they were made when he was the president of the united states. with that, let s get smarter with the help of our leadoff panel. we need extra help tonight. there s a lot to cover. glenn thrush it is here justice department reporter for the new york times. leigh ann caldwell an anchor for washington post live and coauthor of this morning newsletter. the early joint or two. former new york prosecutor and silver its attorney charles coleman jr.. charles you were the last to be introduced. you are the first in the hot seat. can you explain this to us? trump s lawyers now tr
and she empaneled a special grand jury with the subpoena power. now, she is going to be heading back to a regular grand jury, that being the grand jury with the power to indict. the new grand juries will be hearing cases until september 1st. also tonight, there is another new development that could add to trump s legal problems. the department of justice said he can be held liable for comments he made back in 2019 about writer e. jean carroll after she publicly accused him of rape. that is a very big reversal from the doj s earlier position. the department had argued trump should have total immunity for his remarks because they were made when he was the president of the united states. with that, let s get smarter with the help of our leadoff panel. we need extra help tonight. there s a lot to cover.
deadline by two more days? because when we spoke last week, he told me the court is running unusually behind schedule this term and that as far as you can tell the justice are not getting along particularly well, which is fascinating. well i think if they had been of one mind about how to handle this, in all likelihood, we would have gotten some sort of an order from the court today, but of course they ve they ve been hearing cases all week or oral arguments all week, and they have a conference a regular conference scheduled for tomorrow. so i would assume they will try to hammer it out, and that will get some sort of word either late tomorrow or sometime on friday. um you know, there are still the same options. um and the most likely one i think is that they ll let the fifth circuit go ahead and formally have expedited oral argument and issue a decision. because everything the court did until
you make of the court moving the deadline by two more days? because when we spoke last week, he told me the court is running unusually behind schedule this term and that as far as you can tell the justice are not getting along particularly well, which is fascinating. well i think if they had been of one mind about how to handle this, in all likelihood, we would have gotten some sort of an order from the court today, but of course they ve they ve been hearing cases all week or oral arguments all week, and they have a conference a regular conference scheduled for tomorrow. so i would assume they ll try to hammer it out, and it will get some sort of word either late tomorrow or sometime on friday. um you know, there are still the same options. um and the most likely one i think is that they ll let the fifth circuit go ahead and formally have expedited oral argument and issue a decision. because