Thanks alex. The Breaking News at this hour tonight is the astonishing news that Donald Trumps Criminal Defense Lawyer, john lauro, who did a very solid and serious job in the courtroom today during Donald Trumps third criminal arraignment of the year, where donald trump once again pleaded not guilty, that lawyer then went On Television and any fact pleaded donald trump guilty to the charge of attempting to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the United States. Everyone except donald trump knows the criminal defendants should not speak publicly about their cases. The same is almost always true for Criminal Defense Lawyers. The most common response from Criminal Defense Lawyers to requests for interviews about their pending cases is one word, no. Most successful Criminal Defense Lawyers never grant television interviews, never. Too many of Donald Trumps lawyers are too eager to talk on trump supporting television about their client. And so tonight trump Criminal De
Television and any fact pleaded donald trump guilty to the charge of attempting to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the United States. Everyone except donald trump no is that criminal defendants should not speak publicly about their cases. The same is almost always true for Criminal Defense Lawyers. The most common response from Criminal Defense Lawyers to requests for interviews about their pending cases is one word, no. Most successful Criminal Defense Lawyers never grant Television Interviews, never. Too many of Donald Trumps lawyers are too eager to talk on trump supporting television about their client. And so tonight trump Criminal Defense Lawyer john lauro, in his first interview after donald trump pleaded not guilty to conspiring to trying to get Vice President mike pence to break the law, Donald Trumps Criminal Defense Lawyer actually said this. Professor eastman laid out a series of options that we were discussed with Vice President pence. Vice presid
proposed trial date, and then there will be a hearing 25 days from now. august 28th, at which time judge chutkan will set a trial date. that is unusual. it s not surprising knowing the judge that judge chutkan s. i tried murder cases against with her when she was a public defender. i was a decision attorney in d.c. trying homicide cases. it wasn t surprising but it was unusual because ordinarily at these arraignment hearings, where the magistrate judge will do is say, let s all come back in about a month and we will bring our calendars and will begin to ruminate about possible job. it no. judge chutkan will be setting a trial date 25 days from now. i predict it s going to be a speedy trial. andrew weissmann, to the point that we learned from john
assistant u.s. attorney in d.c. trying homicide cases and it wasn t surprising. but it was unusual. because, ordinarily, at these arraignment hearings, with a magistrate judge will do is say, let s all come back in about a month and we will bring our calendars, and we will begin to ruminate about possible trial dates. no. judge chutkan will be setting a trial date 25 days from now. and i predict it s going to be a speedy trial. andrew weissmann, to the point that we learned from john lauro tonight, he s offering an alternative piece of dialogue to what appears in the indictment. he s offering us these words from donald trump s mouth. what president trump said is, let s go with option d, let s just halt, let s just pause the voting and allow the state legislatures to take one last look and make a determination.