That. It s right back to you ax yeah, just remarkable hitting it from so far out repeatedly, patrick snell, thanks very much. Hi there. Thanks so much for joining me. I m alex marquardt in this weekend for fredricka whitfield. We begin this hour with the legal showdown in former president trump s election subversion case, he new latenight filing last night, setting the stage for a potentially contentious hearing. Next week in d. C. s federal court, where a judge will decide how and when the case will move forward. The standoff comes as special counsel, jack smith resurrected the january 6 case against trump with a new superseding indictment this week, both trump s lawyers and the special counsel are at odds about how this this case should now proceed. Trump s team is pushing for his schedule that would carry the pretrial disputes through the beginning of next year long after the 2024 election, cnn s holmes lybrand is covering these legal developments and joins me now. So homes, where
Republicans are saying monday or no way. Is it going to be about getting it through, or getting it right . And President Trump orders the declassification of documents in the russia probe. Why . Transparency, he says. Give all the information, do it right. Oneonone with republican congressman matt gaetz. And, cnn has Stormy Daniels book where she shares explicit details of her affair with donald trump. Chris cillizza on what we learned after months of allegations and denials. Busy tuesday. What do you say . Lets get after it some more. A lot of people thought that Brett Kavanaughs accuser would testify on monday before the senate committee. But cnn has obtained a letter
that says professor ford wants to testify, but she wants the fbi to investigate first. Now, theres a plus minus here. Its a boost to her credibility, but on the negative side, it smacks of politics. Because this is what the democrats have been pushing for. So, lets test this. We have Florida Republican matt gaetz with u
investigate. we don t know there isn t. we would feel healthier. we don t know there is. how do you know? you investigate. that s probable cause. look, what do you investigate? she doesn t know when it happened, where it happened. she doesn t know exactly. where do you start? congressman, i did a story id how they process and how they are dealt with. by the way, your state is doing a heck of a job. you have lots of outreach, they are treated the right way. bravo, your government funds a lot of it. it is not unusual to forget moments of trauma, to convince yourself to forget so you can survive. we ve heard from multiple friends that that s the case. and, i ll tell you what. it squares with how she came forward. why would she come out anonymously if she wanted to be the tip of the spear for democrats.