bring this to the court of appeals. all of those things, i really want a second one thing that judge cordell just said. remember the very first day how there were several judges of that court who showed up, including the chief judge. i think it s clear that the whole court here, each of which has dealt with hundreds of cases and has been including appeals, is really cohesive and thinking together as a test of the court. and she absolutely can rely on our colleagues to reach a considered decision of what will hold up against a quarter of appeals. the final thing is to say that while she did note the speedy trial interests, it s clear she lead, again, as the judge has just indicated, with the due process rights of the defense. she is not going to get in the trap of suggesting that they are pushed back behind, below the due process line because of a need for speed. that comes first, and that s just what she said.
guaranteed by the constitution. fortunately for the defendant, donald trump, a march 4th trial date is two years earlier than what his lawyers had asked for, because according to his attorney, this case needs years to prop. to have a ballpark figure when you would be ready for trial? i can tell you that in four years of practicing law, on a case of this magnitude, i have not known a single pace to go to trial before two or three years. judge chutkan flatly rejected that contention in court yesterday. she said, quote, well mr. trump has a right to time to prepare, the public has a right to a prompt and efficient resolution of this matter. i have seen many cases unduly delayed because the defendant lacks adequate representation or cannot properly review discovery because they are detained. that is not the case here. consequently i find that a trial beginning on march 4th, 2024, would give the defense adequate time to prepare for
making the calculus of october 23rd is not that far away, i already have sydney powell who wants a speedy trial. i have little trump who has already told the court that he intends to sever with but hasn t. yeah she s basically saying judge, it s time to move this train along. if you re going to several people, let s have a briefing. let s go through this process. but, it s a default position, i want you to know, judge, my position is, we should try all these what that s gonna do is shake loose the motion to sever, which trump s people have been sitting on because every day that goes by is good for them. yes, and they re not gonna get head of anything. they re not like the ones are gonna go okay we probably sent them motion to sever. we re gonna wait to the last minute to do. it and they re probably gonna see how the removal motion is going to come.
it has been and remains to be an open question. there have been some big developments in the last few days, though. first of all, we now have a trial date. washington d. c. federal district court tanya chutkan said that trial date as march 4th, seven months before the november 2024 presidential election. it is also the day before the primaries on super tuesday. it is just two months after what the government proposed. jack smith has been clear from the start, from the day this indictment was unsealed, the case needs to go to trial as soon as possible. the attack on our nations capitol on january six, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. in this case, my office will seek a speedy trial, later evidence can be tested in court and judged by a jury of citizens. this team argued the january trial date would vindicate the public strong interest in a speedy trial, and interest guaranteed by the constitution. fortunately for the defendant, donald trump, a ma
donald trump has not filed his own motion for removal, but his lawyers were in the court during that hearing and they re probably free riding on what meadows has done so far. why? because donald trump doesn t want to take it himself. he doesn t want to pull mark meadows. as surprised as we all hour by meadows, i would be pretty certain that s not going to happen. , lisa rubin thanks as always. next, don trump wants impeachment, the republican attempt to smear joe biden, next.