donald trump s facing scheduling conflicts. he s asked the judge to delay special counsel jack smith s federal trial on election interference until 2026, two years after the prosecutors asked for the trial to began, a year and a half after the 2024 election. january 2nd, 2024 star, but trump s attorneys say that the complexity of the wall to me. how can donald trump balance all of the scheduling demands of all the cases while he s also a candidate on a campaign trail? you remember it was infrastructure week every week during the trump presidency. it feels like lately it s been indictment week every week since the trump canada say. what you re gonna see seeing forrest gump using all these different cases against him to argue for further and further delays. obviously, jack smith came with a pretty narrow scope in what he s charging at, least as far as the election overturning case, the attempt to overturn the election case.
it speaks to that larger issue of the various fringe players, including the lawyers, who are conspiring these various different ways with their client, donald trump, to try to prevent the certification for congress that they prevent joe biden from taking office. so, do i see this video showing another criminal charge that cheeseborough could face? no, not necessarily. but it will flesh out the factual background of who he was in extent to which his actions went beyond what lawyers are permitted and expected to do, in their conduct. i want to pivot here, while i have a, bradley, because i want to talk about the proposed date from the former presidents attorneys, when it comes to jack smith s indictment, right? so, the doj proposing january 2nd, 2024. the proposed day that we ve now gotten in from the former president s attorneys is april of 2026. i ve got to say, it s not necessarily surprising, considering when the indictment dropped or it was all over the television saying that we
for that case. tonight, trump announced he is canceling his much anticipated big get out of jail free rebuttal to the fulton county charges. saying his lawyers would rather he put in a legal filing. stay tuned for that. also, just a short time ago we got trump s team s response to special counsel jack smith s proposed january 2nd 2024 trial date. for the ex presidents jamie sixth case. trump is asking for just a bit more time quote, donald j trump through council respectfully request the court placed this case on the april 20 26th trial calendar. amy lee copeland is a criminal defense and appellate attorney based in savannah georgia, also served as appellate she s for the u.s. attorney s office in the southern district of georgia. andrew weissmann served as lead prosecutor for special counsel mueller s office. coasting the prosecuting donald trump podcast. both join me now. all right, let s first your reaction to the april 2026.
january 2nd 2024 trial date for the ex president s january 6th case. trump is asking for just a bit more time, quote, donald j trump through council respectfully request the court placed this case on the april 2026 trial calendar. is a criminal defense and savannah georgia also served as a fellow chief of in the southern district of georgia. andrew weissmann is the co-host of the prosecuting donald trump podcast and both join me now. all right andrew, let s first hear your reaction to the april 2026. that seems good, that seems fair, that seems reasonable. so, look, obviously that s absurd, but you d expect doesn t usually want a fast trial so it s really not to be faulted. i do want to caution people that it is important to remember that as much as people want to see people held account
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