legal strategy from donald trump s defense and classified documents case. his attorneys are asking the judge for a lengthy delay of his trial. judge cannon who will oversee the case from federal court in fort pierce, florida, had originally said in august trial date, and special counsel jack smith asked for december. late last night, trump s lawyers submitted a 12 page filing, requesting the trial be delayed until after the presidential election. the filing says that trump is, quote currently the likely republican party nominee. this undertaking requires a tremendous amount of time and energy, and that effort will continue until the election on november 5th, 2024. trump s team also implied that the case was political, calling it, quote, a prosecution advanced by the administration of a sitting president against his chief political rival, himself, a leading candidate for the presidency. but for facts s sake, the prosecution is not being advanced by joe biden or his administrat
for the presidency. but for facts s sake, the prosecution is not being advanced by joe biden or his administration. so far we ve gotten no response from judge cannon or the justice department. meanwhile, today, a georgia judge selected two new grand juries. they are likely to be tasked with deciding when to bring election interference charges against trump. fulton county d. a., fani willis, her investigation has been underway for over two years. these new jurors will be the latest panel to examine evidence in that case. remember, this all started back in a regular grand jury for district attorney fani willis was presenting witnesses who were willing to come in without being subpoenaed. there were lots of witnesses who were resisting those kinds of voluntary appearances. and she empaneled a special grand jury with the subpoena power. now, she is going to be heading back to a regular grand jury, that being the grand jury with the power to indict. the new grand juries will b
glenn, the atlantic writes that if trump wins the election, he can shut down any federal case he wants. i want to share what chris christie said earlier about trump. i ve known him for 22 years. when i was doing these cases in new jersey, i would put political figures in jail, he would say to me, i could never do that. i could never go to jail. i m telling you, no matter what he says, no matter how he is bragging, and going on and on about him not being afraid he goes to bed every night thinking about the sound of that jail cell door closing behind him. what is your take on this and trump s legal antics, charles? i think governor christie is exactly right, donald trump ultimately is trying to create a situation where he kicks the
single conceivable argument that they re going to throw at jack smith and the department of justice. who thought glenn thrush could be delivering tonight sexy summary did? there are going to be printers training all over the country of people dying to read it on their summer vacation tomorrow. charles can we talk about judge cannon? how big of a test is this for her, right? i don t want to go severe as to say she is a trump ally. she was appointed by donald trump. she s already gotten a lot of scrutiny for the way that she handled him previously. is this going to be significantly bigger than that if she actually grandson his which, and gets him a prima delay? the ruling itself is going to be important to watch, but more important will be the rationale. in terms of the rationale, we will see a bit more about how she is viewing donald trump as a citizen, says other trump or former president trump. what she uses as her explanations either grant or
trump is the master of what is occurring outside of the courtroom. smith is, at the moment, seems to be able to have mastery over the evidence, and is controlling the cadence. i think tenants in the middle there as being someone who is going to decide which direction things move in. all right, i want to keep thinking about this because, when you factor in this case you are dealing with trump, and think about, now you ve got fani willis. you have these two additional grand juries. charles, how are these going to work? o we don t know who will be the target of those presentations and whether donald trump will be among a number of potential targets. if you recall, the recommendation from the special grand jury that was convened earlier in the year, it basically set forth a number of different names, and the foreperson did cryptic revealing in terms of who those