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
run. why? he says although he saw a path for victory which usually people that see a path for victory do it, but he thought his role could be better played in expressing support for someone else and excerpting pressure as the new hampshire governor throughout this process taking on donald trump who he clearly doesn t want to be the nominee. he sat down with dana bash and explained more of his thinking. the math has shown donald trump has no chance of winning in november of 2024. he won t even win georgia. if you re a republican who can t win georgia, you have no shot. he s proven that. if republicans nominate him, we re saying a vote for him is a vote for joe biden. that s how the math will play out. that s his assessment of the math. one other thing to think about is the new hampshire primary itself now with the governor out will become a more important contest because you don t have a hometown player. interesting. david, stick around. let s talk about the democratic
from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we begin with two major developments both of which could impact the election interference cases against donald trump. first up, we have the supreme court rejecting the special counsel s request for an early review of clumps claims that he should be immune from facing prosecution. a newly discovered recording of trump pressuring michigan election officials not to certify the 2020 election. we are going to go right now to nbc s erin gilchrist here that the white house fourth. aaron, welcome. what does this mean for trump in the cases against him? alex, to potential impacts. hear this phone call could turn into damning evidence in one of the four cases against trump. now at the same time the supreme court could be just the kind of speed bumps the trump legal team could be looking for. reporter: the setback for government lawyers trying to fast-track the prosecution of former president do
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