Thets big barr laying out a flaw in the main defense that Donald Trumps lawyers using in the federal election case. Well have much more from the former Attorney General on trumps many, many legal issues in just a moment. Meanwhile a key conspirator in the riot at the capitol could receive the longest sentence yet for the january 6th attack. And a very significant summit at camp david for President Biden. Well explain the stakes at todays meeting. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this friday, august 18th. We made it to friday, folks. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin this morning with the trial date proposed by Donald Trumps legal team that is way, way, way in the future. In a court filing late yesterday the attorneys representing the former president in the federal election interference case against him thats the one out of washington requested that that trial begin in april of 2026. That is 2 1 2 years later than the january 2024 star
Imagine how terrifying donald trump, how terrified he has to be for him to follow the advice of his lawyers. Thats how terrified donald trump is tonight. For the first time. The breaking not surprising news of the night is that donald trump was forced to announce that he will not be having a special press event on monday to, as he put it, refute the 13 criminal charges against him delivered by a Georgia Grand Jury on monday. In a written statement tonight, donald trump said rather than releasing the report on the rigged and stolen georgia 2020 president ial election on monday my lawyers would prefer putting this, i believe, irrefutable and overwhelming evidence of Election Fraud and irregularities informal legal filings as we fight to dismiss this disgraceful indictment, therefore, the News Conference is no longer necessary, exclamation point. That statement is, of course a lie. There is no report. Donald trump has no. Report on trumps lawyers will not be putting irrefutable and overwh
Unfortunately. Listen, lawrence, by monday is free and now apparently my april of the year 2026 is booked. Dont be surprised if it happens before that, alex. Okay, i wont be. Thank you, alex. Have a good show. Thank you. Imagine how terrifying donald trump, how terrified he has to be for him to follow the advice of his lawyers. Thats how terrified Donald Trumps tonight. For the first time. The breaking not surprising news of the night is that donald trump was forced to announce that he will not be having a special press event on monday to, as he put it, refute the 13 criminal charges against him delivered by a Georgia Grand Jury on monday. In a written statement tonight, donald trump said rather than releasing the report on the rigged and stolen georgia 2020 president ial election on monday my lawyers would prefer putting this, i believe, irrefutable and overwhelming evidence of Election Fraud and irregularities informal legal filings as we fight to dismiss this disgraceful indictment,
he s being prosecuted for obstruction. two egregious instances are alleged. that should be tried. if the judge is competent that could be concluded before the summer. and the other case after the election he in my opinion he did cross the line. it wasn t just rough and tumble politics. he crossed the line. i resigned on december 14th because i thought at that point the state votes were certified and that was the end of the legal process. and i also didn t like the way he was spouting the big lie. i thought that was irresponsible, but he took it much further than even i expected or anyone expect. and during this time he was being told by lawyers in the white house if he kept on doing this, he would spend the rest of his life tangling with the criminal just process, and that s exactly what s happened. he shouldn t be surprised and though one else should be surprised. i think the chances are that he
i think the federal case is good, i mean it is responsible because it focuses on the hub of the issue, which is not just the lies and knowing they were laws realize, and that s what they allege, but the fact that he used this device of him enpaneling impostor electors, swearing that they were the electors, but the key point there was they were in tandem with a pan whereby the vice president would use that is a pretext for nullifying the legal and certified votes. and during this time he was being told by lawyers in the white house, that if he kept on doing this he would spend the rest of his life tangling with the criminal justice process, and that s exactly what has happened. gwen keyes fleming, that last line, about he was told by people in the white house that he would spend the rest of his life, basically, as criminal defendant trump, that s where we are tonight?