150,000 florida republicans, i believe, have signed onto that ballot. i mean it s just an epically appalling move to try and do this to pregnant people across the u.s. repugnant to the vast majority of voters. they will pay and pay and pay as long as they keep trying to do thiske to the american publi. thank you, chris, and thank you jessica vulenty as always. today the criminal case against donald trump, the one that was mostru likely to be completed before the 2024 election, special counsel jack smith s federal election interference case, todayec it effectively ca to a standstill. it was frozen or in legal terminology its deadlines were stayed. two weeks ago the judge in that case, judge tanya chutkan denied trump s claim that the entire case be null and void because of, quote, presidential immunity. trump sty lawyers immediately appealed that decision and asked judge chutkan to stay the case until the appeals court can rule on a question of immunity. well, today judge
house vote which formalizes the biden impeachment probe. it s not the top story in the country because we begin with breaking news. a major development today. a federal judge has formally ordered a pause in the donald trump criminal coup case led by jack smith. this is a big deal. we ll walk through what s happening. the judge has effectively and legally paused the proceedings in her own courtroom until a key claim that trump s lawyers want adjudicated, their argument that he s immune to this whole case, this is paused until the supreme court answers requests to deal with it. it s a procedural rule. i can tell you this is a big deal, probably the largest procedural win for trump s lawyers in this case and by the same token it s a rare setback for special counsel jack smith who has been on a winning streak on many issues. i remind you of some of them. they won on the gag order and the evidence. they have previous criminal questions that went to the supreme court decided fo
alarmists blocking traffic on highways all around the country. also tonight one of the stars from last week s debate, vivek ramaswamy, he will join us. he has been on a lot of net networks. we will have that in so much more. we begin with a date. march 4, 2024. that s when a federal judge from the far left washington swamp would like donald trump stuck in court for the start of the doj so-called election interference case. coincidentally enough, the very next day, march 4th, march 5th, that s super tuesday. one of the single most important days during any potential primary. full county day also requ requested she ll need a new day to find probably write a big primary. alvin bragg s bogus case in new york city set to begin a week before major multistate primary day including b delegate rich new york and a month later
special counsel s case of election interference against trump, the start date will be in just about six months. march 4, 2024. trump s team, they have warned that that won t be enough time to provide the legal assistance they need to the former president, but the judge has said that trump has more resources at his disposal than the average criminal defendant and she believes that the case is streamlined enough for the defense to be ready come march 4, 2024. so we ll see at least one trial early next year. now, meanwhile the fulton county georgia d.a. is aiming to start her trial against trump and his 18 co-defendants as soon as october. but trump s former chief of staff mark meadows was on the witness stand already in federal court on monday trying to argue that his case should be moved out of state court into federal court since he has argued that he was acting under hils
chief of staff takes the stand in hopes of moving his trial to federal government. we ll tell you what mark meadows said in court and why he wants the case moved out of the state s jurisdiction. and we are tracking tropical storm idalia, it is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane targeting the florida coast this week. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central . a trial date is set. today a federal judge chose march 4, 2024 as start date for the special counsel s election interference trial of donald trump. that the day right before super tuesday. of course pivotal day when voters in several states will have the chance to pull the lever possibly for trump or others in the republican primary and much sooner than the april 2026 date that trump s defense