bluff for cheseboro, setting the trial for october 23rd. the other 18 defendants will probably have their cases severed. the reason cheseboro did this, he is betting that willis team will not be ready to try this complex case in a short order. but it is likely that the prosecutors are going to be more prepared than cheseboro s team. remember, they ve been doing this for 2 1/2 years. fani willis said this trial, this case was going to be imminent back in january. in the last several months, she s been getting new evidence. she s been getting new witnesses to flip. they re going to be more prepared, i think, at trial than cheseboro and his lawyers will. yeah. you know, mimi, there are so many questions to ask here about what you would do if you were an attorney managing all of donald trump s cases, all of donald trump s attorneys. i don t know that many viewers understand just the great weight, the great burden that is
did not raise their hands. let s bring in our legal panel. state attorney for palm beach county, florida, dave aronberg. mimi roca, attorney for new york. and lisa ruben, outside the courthouse in fulton county. lisa, i ll start with you at the courthouse in fulton county and what you saw last night. the former president of the united states, with great fanfare, with a motorcade and tracking with wall-to-wall media coverage, his plane landing and leaving. but he was really only in this for a few minutes, was booked, 6 3 , 215 were the numbers provided by him. he was not measured and weighed. strawberry blonde hair in his description there on the booking sheet. what was it like to be around it last night? what do you see coming now? the mugshot is this first step. what lays ahead? reporter: you know, willie, let s talk first about what lays ahead. because on monday, we have one of the most decisive days in this case or any of the criminal
an orange jump suit, having been convicted under the color of law for his crimes, they would still put him behind up for president of the united states. america, that s all you need to know. that s all you need to know. yeah, even if he were convicted of trying to steal an election in georgia or tried to steal nuclear secrets, america s nuclear secrets, and refused to return them. i want to go to our two active prosecutors. mimi and dave, like for you guys to just chime in on something that lisa said. she was talking about the possibility of some of these defendants trying to move as quickly as they can, to strike a deal, maybe get a better deal, and also to limit legal costs. i talked about the emotional burden that there has to be. there has to be a tremendous emotional burden to have one
jordan is not our boss. this is exactly what you said, it is performance art. it is a gesture. when he says, hey, i want to find out if you coordinated with jack smith, really? we re state prosecutors. we work with federal prosecutors all the time. i had a meeting with the feds yesterday. so, yes, you can find out that we actually spoke with other federal counterparts. like, what a shock, the moon is not actually made out of cheese. you know, this is a pathetic act of sycophancy. mimi, circle back on the cost of rico cases. rico cases for people that, unlike donald trump, can t scam followers out of hundreds of millions of dollars for defense funds. yeah. i mean, look, any criminal case is expensive to defend. it s not like you re just paying your lawyer every time they have a court appearance. you re paying your lawyer to prepare for trial, to review, you know, the many, many voluminous documents in
case be severed from cheseboro and any defendant asking for a speedy trial. the judge advised that, at this time, he would only expedite the trial date for cheseboro. dave aronberg, how do you see this, the timing of all these trials unfolding? obviously, trump s only real ability to run from the law, at least in the state of georgia, is to delay. good morning, mika. i think the case in d.c., in front of judge chutkan, is going to go first. she seems to want to go on the rocket docket. the rico case in atlanta, i think it ll be delayed, except for cheseboro, because it is a complex, 19-person case involving rico. don t expect that to go anytime soon. now, fani willis, my counterpart up there, mimi s counterpart in fulton county, she called