my office will seek a speedy trial in this matter, consistent with the public interest and the rights of the accused. trump on trial in august? the first court date is officially set, and it is just eight weeks away. tonight, what it all means for the possibility of a trial before the election and, the motives of the trump appointed judge in charge of it. then after a five year investigation by a trump appointed prosecutor, hunter biden strikes a deal. if trump cooperated with the justice department he might have avoided the situation he is in right now. he chose not to, because he s arrogant and does not care about the law. plus, the impact of the indictment on the polls, and the inability of the republican front runner to just stop talking. you lost the 2020 election but when all in it starts right now good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. and we have an initial trial date in the trump florida documents case. just one week after donald tru
my office will seek a speedy trial in this matter, consistent with the public interest and the rights of the accused. trump on trial in august? the first court date is officially set, and it is just eight weeks away. tonight, what it all means for the possibility of a trial before the election and, the motives of the trump appointed judge in charge of it. then after a five year investigation by a trump appointed prosecutor, hunter unlikely that the august 14th start date, the one that is two months from today, will hold. it s fairly common practice for a judge to set an early start date as a sort of benchmark, only to see the trial slip further and further down the calendar. the prosecution needs time to prepare its arguments, and trump s lawyers deserve time to mount a reasonable defense of their client. the defense has not yet received, for instance, the classified evidence as part of the discovery process, something which, on its own, could had significant
other day, i was kind of a normal guy, and then covid open my eyes. and you can t believe how many people have fallen down that same rabbit hole. and rfk jr. as really shows in to gobble up the spotlight in a time where he is the leader of everybody s brain worms. yeah, but this is what is so fascinating to me. so, what you have seen is a polarization between the party coalition sorting a long high trust, low trust. and you have increasingly the center to center left has a higher social trust coalition. yeah. the center to center right, to the right wing, is a low trust coalition. and so this migration, where rfk jr. comes from the left i mean, he s obviously the most famous name in democratic politics but also how he aligns his politics, but the people who are most enthusiastic about him are roger stone and elon musk and joe rogan and donald trump has good things to say to him, and he s getting all this amplification, because that kind of stuff is the beating heart of right-wi
to gobble up the spotlight in a time where he is the leader of everybody s brain worms. yeah, but this is what is so fascinating to me. so, what you have seen is a polarization between the party coalition sorting a long high trust, low trust. and you have increasingly the center to center left has a higher social trust coalition. yeah. the center to center right, to the right wing, is a low trust coalition. and so this migration, where rfk jr. comes from the left i mean, he s obviously the most famous name in democratic politics but also how he aligns his politics, but the people who are most enthusiastic about him are roger stone and elon musk and joe rogan and donald trump has good things to say to him, and he s getting all this amplification, because that kind of stuff is the beating heart of right-wing politics right now. yes. but also, because i think a lot of people are trying to use him as a spoiler candidate. the disruptions steve bannon has, for months and mo