defendant. i think that will go first and will go sometime in the first half of 204. ken, i want to ask you something that judge chutkan just said on the stand, essentially saying setting a trial date should not depend on personal or political obligations here, that the defendant will have to make this work regardless of his schedule. does this track with what we ve heard from judge chutkan in the past? reporter: ashs, lindsey. from the bench, the judge echoed the point kristy just made, the societal interest in a speedy trial. she said mr. trump, like any other defendant will have to arrange his schedule around this criminal proceeding. he s not special because he s running for president. again, she said there s a societal interest in providing a speedy trial, not just a consideration for a defendant. the act was defined, the speedy trial act she means with the