cases more than others. there are a number of defendants who had no nexus to the federal government. they were purely acting in a political capacity in their roles as state campaign people for the former president. and so while the mark meadows trial may be an indicator for some of the defendants, it is not for all of them on the same grounds. now, you then have the issue sort of efficient judicial management that will come into play for all the defendants. so this is one that is going to be born out, but interesting the sort of linchpin of the whole thing is whether what mark meadows did in those phone calls, part of his official duties or acting as a political supporter to the president. and i ask this question a lot of lawyers on this program and we talk to a lot of them as we analyze these cases as to what is the likelihood that one or more than one of the four
former president trump s trial date in his federal election interference case is new set. that trial will begin on march 4th of next year before setting the date, judge tanya chutkan said that she would not consider trump s personal and professional obligations and she most definitely did not. the trial will be starting one day before the super tuesday primaries. joining me now to discuss, we have national correspondent kristen holmes and also national politics correspondent eva mckend. i think of what you are doing the day before super tuesday and for all of these candidates, it is not like they are kicking back, right? what does team trump think of how this time line is shaping up? well, a couple things. they actually don t believe that this is going to be set in stone. i have talked to a number of trump advisors, they think it moves. they think with legal maneuvers and motions being filed, that he won t go on trial while running for president.
weeds of this evident area hearing. there could still be more witnesses over the course of the day to day. so we ll see what the judge may have to say on all of this. sara murray, thank you. let s talk more about the argument that trump may make here. he is expected to say that much of the conduct that he s been charged with was carried out in his capacity as an officer of the federal government because he was still president during the time when he and his allies tried to overturn the 2020 election results. remember trump has actually tried this move. he did it in new york in the hush money case. a federal judge there rejected the argument you may recall. however, that may not be the case in georgia where trump is facing 13 counts because for trump, taking the case federal could have several advantages. and also the charges very different than in the hush money case here. for one, jurors. a trial in the u.s. district court for the northern district of georgia would draw from a much
that has been told to me time and time again. but that doesn t mean that they are talking about what if. they know it is a possibility and they started having conversations as to what exactly it will look like if he is running for president in 2024 and having to sit through these trials. and a lot of that is really what we have seen him do time and time again, which is try to take control of the media narrative. that is how they want to deal with this. but of course they say this is discouraging to see will date right before super tuesday but they don t believe that this stands. that is interesting. and trump i will say is a master at utilizing, eva, every tool at his disposal to delay things legally. he s done it practically his whole adult life. but if the trial date does stand, what does that do to trump? given the unprecedented nature of the circumstances, i think that it is impossible to know for sure. what i m looking at though is the response of the other candidates. what we
trial, d.a. willis told the court that her team is ready to go to trial on october 23rd. that is just under two months away, in a sign of a very aggressive stance from a fulton county district attorney. by popular demand, joining me now is who else but the law firm. neal katyal is the former u.s. accounting act general and the former fbi general counsel. i am so thrilled to have you here on set with me today. so there are so many different components of this week, and i want to dig into as many as possible. a judge granted cheeseburger quest for a speedy trial, sydney powell filed one request. there also reports that john eastman is asking for the same thing. that means that a number of these codefendants would be separated from donald trump. what does that mean for trump s case? okay, so there are two january six cases, there s the georgia one going on at you are talking about and there s the federal one with jack smith has asked for a trial to begin on january 2nd of 2024, with res