it, there was a recount underway. whereas here we did not have a recount. it s a very big distinction. it was court ordained recount, right? it was not ordained it was not a recount that was asked for by the trump camp. it was court ordained, right? it was quarter and a, and and ultimately the court said that kennedy won the recount. so his fake electors later got ratified, if we re going to do an analogy, but here is the key fact, the governor of that state, hawaii, certified kennedys electors. and transmitted it to the vp at the time, nixon, who said it was correct. here, we don t have the governors, we have the governor saying trump, you re wrong, it s not right, we re not doing this, don t try to manipulate, us don t try to push us. it s a very key distinction in this situation, in that situation there is a recount from the court, number, one number two, kennedy ultimately prevailed and number three, the
what did happen in that courtroom, and wind we think will get an answer to win the case goes to trial? peter, this hearing was entirely about the consequential issue of when this case can go to trial. and judge cannon came prepared. she asked tough questions about sides. there was a real clash. visions i would say she seemed skeptical of the argument by the trump camp, and that this couldn t possibly be tried while he s running for president because of all the media coverage and you can picture, emg just brushed that aside. she was much more sympathetic to the idea that this is a huge and complicated case with more than 1 million pages of documents that were received. 1000 days of surveillance footage they have to review. there is no way they can get this to trial in december, as jack smith wants. she said she will rule any minute now on this particular issue. and that may not stick, it may be a preliminary schedule. that to somber she didn t think december was a timeframe that was r
to beautiful women. i just start kissing them. it s a magnet. when you re a star, they let you do it. you can do anything. reporter: the trump camp previously dismissed his comments on tape as nothing more than, quote, locker room talk. trump is not expected to appear for this trial unless called to testify. a spokesman released a statement tuesday saying this latest fake case has no merit or facts and is just another part of the witch hunt targeted to interview and tamper with a presidential election. after a jury was empanelled, it heard opening statements from both sides of this case. lawyers for carroll argue this is a part of a pattern of aggressive behavior, but trump argues it s part of a scheme to hurt him politically. he says if anybody wants to do that, that s something you do at the ballot box, not a court of law. paula reid, cnn, new york. a former white house lawyer is weighing in telling cnn s
and saying the two never even met. i have no idea who this woman is. this is a woman who is also accused other men of things, as you know. it is a totally false accusations. reporter: despite this photo from the 1980s, showing carroll and trump chatting. that trump acknowledges. there s some picture where we re shaking hands it looks like at some kind of event. reporter: carroll s lawyers say they plan to call witnesses to back up her story. and the judge has ruled two other women who alleged trump forced himself on them can also take the stand. carroll s team may also play a clip from the infamous access hollywood tape that surfaced during the 2016 presidential election. automatically attracted to beautiful. i just start kissing them. it s like a magnet. kiss, kiss. and whend you re a star, they let you do it. you can do anything. reporter: the trump camp has previously dismissed his comments on that tape as nothing
carroll s team could also play a clip from the infamous access hollywood tape that surfaced during the 2016 presidential election. i m automatically attracted to beautiful women. i just start kissing them. and when you ve a star, they let you do it. you can do anything. reporter: the trump camp has dismissed his comments as nothing more than, quote, locker room talk. trump is not expected to appear for this trial unless called to testify. but his spokesman released a statement tuesday saying this latest fake case has no merit or facts and is just another part of the witch hunt targeted to interfere and tamper with a presidential election. this is not a criminal trial. this is a civil case and carroll is seeking unspecified monetary damages. she also wants a retraction of a social media post where trump said she wasn t being truthful. the trial, wolf, is expected to last about two weeks. paula, i want you to stand