which is has to do with the hush-money payment. again, all of this coming amid a very busy calendar for the primaries, for the political calendar. and so we expect that the judge will have to listen when the former president raises a lot of issues. he says they re going to fight on a number of things including the very nature of this investigation, the classified documents, that s something that could drag on. and she cedes nodded to that possibility by saying this is a complicated trial, it raises a lot of complicated legal questions. and so you can see very well how this could go beyond may. dana? yeah, absolutely. thank you so much for that important reporting, evan. here to share reporting, jeff zeleny, paula reid, and former federal prosecutor elliott williams. happy friday today s not monday, friday. i don t mean to care you out
questions about being able to see the an impartial jury, but even the little incremental scheduling delays add up over time. so as of now it appears that it will be next week instead. so not a long delay, but again, other time these little delays add up and it is up to the judge to decide when it goes to trial. good to see you, thanks for the update. with us now is legal analyst and former federal prosecutor elliott williams. thank you for joining us. first let s get to the likelihood of all of this. what is the likelihood that judge cannon will agree to postponing this? really trump is asking until after the presidential election. yeah, that is a political question, not a legal one. certainly any criminal defendant has a right to a fair trial at a reasonable time. trying to postpone it until after the election i think poses a few problems for president trump. i think number one, when it comes to juries, the law
krited, most of the time they will proceed with charges but they don t have to if they are not convinced. a number of people being investigated here and any of them could be charged. elliott williams, thank you so much. and next hour, they will begin this process of seating those new grand jurors. coming up, also for us, protests erupt in israel this morning. it is being called a day of disruption and resistance. there have been a dozens of arrests already. we ll take you there. and downtown of vermont capital city shut down this morning. look at montpelier. severe flooding there and it is expected to get even worse. this is your summer to smile. to raise your glass and reconnect. to reel in the fun and savor every bite. to help you get ready yourur aspen dental team is celebrating 2525 years of affordable care with an epic summer of f smiles event.
go in and do that search to find the rest of the classified records there, building into the case that we have now that walt nauta is pleading not guilty. complicating the legal situation for sure. thank you so much. here with me in studio paula reid, evan perez, and former federal prosecutor elliott williams. so paula, these new details really put a little bit more meat on the bones here about why they took the steps that they did when they tried to seek that search warrant for the search. and it has to do with the surveillance footage that shows movement in places where they had previously said they had done a search, found everything, they d given it back, and clearly the feds believe that was not the case. that s exactly right. it s amazing how these recordings, voice or surveillance footage, has played such a key role in this criminal prosecution. and now we know that they knew even before they searched mar-a-lago, they were able to see these boxes moving in and out, who was
in terms of posting maybe if he can strike some sort of deal with twitter. i know elon musk now owns it. it is a different kind of platform. to integrate some things with true social. maybe he would post there. i m not quite sure if he sees a lot of value in posting organically right now on facebook, meta, instagram. but i do think he ll buy ads on those platforms. the money spigot is the real issue here as it relates to his campaign. thank you for all of that. dozens of people who work at donald trump s mar-a-lago resort in florida have been subpoenaed now to testify before a federal grand jury, ranging from the housekeeper and restaurant servers to close aides and advisers. the special counsel investigating trump s handling of the classified documents case wants to know what the staffers might have seen or heard at that resort. let s bring in cnn s legal analyst and former federal prosecutor elliott williams. what does this suggest to you