the judge we mentioned earlier will preside over the january 6th child was not present for this arraignment, but has been a tough judge in cases of january 6th. judge tanya chutkan has been on the court since 2014. she has presided over dozens of criminal cases against alleged january 6th rioters. in november of 2020, one she also rejected the former presidents attempts to block the house select committee on january 6th from accessing hundreds of pages of records from his white house. quoting her ruling, presidents are not kings, and plaintiff s not president. joined now by former federal judge, lindsay gardner, at harvard law school, prosecutors said they want a speedy trial. the former president s legal team appear poised to try to slow walk the schedule. what are the odds this trial happens before the election? you know, it is hard to know, if i look at it in the abstract and try to pretend that there is not an election coming, i would say that this is a fairly complicated case.
testimony of one witness himself who was a criminal. this indictment is based on text, whatsapp messages, photos, audio recordings and testimony from a lot of witnesses who are lay witnesses, who are not themselves involved in criminality. that is a really tough case to beat. everyone stay with us. i m joined by democratic congressman adam schiff, who managed the first impeachment against the former president, was a member of the house select committee on january 6th. congressman schiff, your reaction to the news the former president is now facing additional charges and a third person involved. well, the evidence was already strong in the original indictment. but in this superseding indictment now, you just see how much more evidence the special counsel has. you know, there are evidently cooperating witnesses. there is surveillance footage of some of the figures in this new superseding indictment, including de oliveira meeting surreptitiously with others. some night meetings, morni
substantive power of this case. because a lot of times in the federal case, your case, as elliott jessica know, will rise or fall on the testimony of one cooperating witness, who himself was a criminal. this case, based on the indictment is based, on texts, whatsapp messages, photos, audio recordings, and testimony from a lot of witnesses, who are lay witnesses. not themselves involved in criminality. that is a really tough case to be. everyone stay with us. i m joined our democratic congressman, adam schiff. to manage the first impeachment against former president, was a member of the house select committee on january 6th. congressman schiff, your reaction tonight to this news, the former president is now facing additional charges, and with a third person involved. well, the evidence was already strong and the original indictment. in this superseding indictment, now you just see how much more evidence the special counsel has. there are evidently, cooperating witnesses.
all of it can be viewed in a whole new life following the breaking news we just shared with you minutes ago fulton county d.a. fani willis is prepping law enforcement to prepare for indictments this summer this is where we begin the hour. joining us now, democratic congresswoman zoe lofgren of california a former member of the house select committee on january 6th. and mark harris is here. he was senior investigative counsel for the january 6th select committee he had the mission specifically of doing some of this investigation into the voting machines mark, let me start with you. i saw this story pop up. i read it three times. is this making sure that this crush of work that came out in the final report and the transcripts, is it missed by doj? tell me what this effort is about as far as you understand it from this advocacy group. well, i m not sure what their motivation was in sending the letter i do know that it draws heavily on some of the material thats come out in the litigatio
particular case? i know you ve got a lot of experience in that. well wolf. i think that obviously will have to absorb the charges like the rest of us will and then they ll think about motions. they may make legal motions to dismiss the case before it even gets anywhere close to a trial. and of course, we know a big part of their strategy will be in the press. they ll want to continue pounding the fact that this is a witch hunt. this is, you know, political persecution, they ll try to kind of another state change or influence the ultimate jury pool with those sorts of arguments and then it trial. i think it s going to be all about if it s the hush money payments case. attacking michael cohen. it will be about his credibility and all about him, and he s a liar. that s really the main focus in a case like this is attack the cooperators and see if you can get one juror because it only takes one on your side. all right. stand by adam kinzinger, the former republican congressman and member o