Good evening once again, im stephanie ruhle. Donald trump is now seeking to delay his federal election interference trial until april of 2026. No, not next april 26, april 2026. That is almost three years from now. 17 months after the 2024 election. It is when his legal Team Proposed this evening in a court filing to the judge handling the case. They say, quote, must have adequate time to defend himself, citing the governments 11 and a half million pages of evidence, they said if the pages were stacked on top of one another, the result would be a tower taller than the Statue Of Liberty and the washington monument. Remember, jack smith has asked for Jury Selection to start in december, with a trial beginning on january 2nd of 2024. Meanwhile the former president has been speaking out against his four separate indictments. Today he told fox business, he wants his party to do a better job of defending him. It is just a continuation of silencing, they want to silence. You if you look, this
These are serious charges. These are like for the mafia or mob. What were they thinking . Something that campaign cant get involved in. Kids screaming, babies being handed off to other people. It was like out of a war movie. The Historic Town of lahaina burned to the ground. Well find out what we could have done to prevent such loss of life to the best of our ability. Live in london, this is cnn newsroom. It is august 14. And the District Attorney is expected to present the case against donald trump this week. She could possibly seek more than a dozen indictment including a fourth round of charges for the former president. It comes as cnn has new details on the case. Sources say there is new evidence linking Donald Trumps legal team to a voting breach. Reporter specifically he these Text Messages show that lawyers working for trump actively sought to get a written letter of recommendation in the days leading up to the breach. Lawyers like Rudy Giuliani and former trump attorney Sydney
Trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Sources tell cnn that georgia prosecutors now have Text Messages and emails directly connecting trumps legal team to a Voting System breach in Coffee County, georgia in january 2021. This comes as the district investigating trump in georgia appears to be close to an indictment. Fulton County District attorney fani willis is expected to seek charges against more than a dozen people. If she brings charges against the former president , it would be the fourth indictment of trump since being voted out of office. We have coverage of these new developments. Isabel rosales is outside the Fulton County court where Security Preparations under way. And we have Cnns Zachary Cohen with these new developments. Zach, lets begin with you. Tell us more about what youre learning and this new evidence. Reporter fred, these are texts, our sources are telling us, are in the hands of the prosecutors in georgia. The Text Messages really lay out a plan that links
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Election interference case. And we know that multiple witnesses are likely inside. What we do not know yet is when we will know. Indictments arent usually sealed in georgia, so we would likely find out the moment it is filed. Who exactly is going to be charged, if they are charged . Is it one person or multiple . The initial grand jury investigating the case recommended charging 12 people. What will be charged . Is it racketeering, conspiracy, false statements, solicitation, and how would those charges apply . Looking ahead to if and when a trial date is set, what will that trial look like . Emphasis on look. Unlike federal trials, court cases can be televised. We could get answers to all of these questions and more very soon. So lets get into both the reporting and the legal analysis. Starting us off with the reporting is nbc news correspondent blayne alexander. Nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian, and the Atlanta Journalconstitution Senior Editor of trump gr