bidens, the other that prosecutes aggressively former president trump and his allies. you hear from elise stefanik another on capitol hill who talks about the weaponization of the justice system, of president biden s likely 2024 presidential rival. here in the senate where i am, it has been quieter. we have not really heard much from mitch mcconnell and his leadership team. instead, lindsey graham has sort of picked up that torch and has been defending pretty vociferously the former president. take a listen to what he said on fox news. any conviction in d.c. against donald trump is not legitimate. we need to win in 2024 to stop this crazy crap. and chris, that was lindsey graham. he is the top republican on the
substantial here, but about the motions that they might choose to file. i think we can anticipate based on some of the things we re hearing already, first amendment, prosecutorial misconduct, reliance of advice of counsel, but maybe there will be more and something i ll be looking for, what are the specific reasons that trump team wants delay in this trial date and that may be a bit more about their defense plans. there was so much written and it was fascinating, devlin n your paper and others, by ken, about what actually happened in court, looking at the players here. i thought one of the most interesting things was it was watched by district court judge who presided over judges who presided over trials of january 6th rioters, including and this is again from the times, judge amy berman jackson who called out mr. trump s irresponsible and knowingly false claims that the election was stolen when she imposed a harsh sentence on a rioter who had bludgeoned a capitol police officer
courthouse for more than two years. and, so i think that will probably feed into trump s arguments to try to move the trial, but i do think it speaks to how important this issue and this case is to not just the people of washington, d.c., but to the judges of washington, d.c. devlin, ken, your reporting has been fantastic and we thank you for it sharing it. barbara, you re going to be sticking with us. the fulton county d.a. fani willis readying a potential fourth indictment of donald trump. how she could be using the rico act more familiar to crime families than politicians to make that case. we have that coming up in 60 seconds. astepro allergy, steroid free allergy relief that starts working in 30 minutes, while other allergy sprays take hours. with astepro s unbeatably fast allergy relief you can astepro and go! this is american infrastructure, a prime target for cyberattacks.
unconsciousness. trump now the latest person to be charged for actions related to january 6th. and i just wonder what sort of abuzz was, and make of the fact that the judges wanted to be there? yeah. i think that s a really important point, chris, because i think that is very rare to see in courts. there is a dynamic that we sometimes jokingly call the law olympics if there s a big case going on, all the clerks and all the, you know, eager beavers want to look at it and see, but having judges come is different and that doesn t happen very often. and i think that speaks to the degree to which this courthouse in particular has been completely inundated and at times overwhelmed with the sheer volume of january 6th cases. donald trump was the 1,078 january 6th defendant to come through that courthouse and i think having the judges show up, speaks to the degree that this issue has consumed this
avail himself of every possible defense. we have a new analysis about what some of the defenses are that include, of course, that donald trump was relying on the advice of his lawyers, that he legitimately believed that he won the election, and there s some issues with some of the statutes involved. all of these defenses have flaws, but they all could end up taking time, and it remains to be seen how quickly this case can get to trial. devlin, the court exchange yesterday is really instructive to the point we were just making with ken, because your team at the post reports the magistrate judge proposed three days. august 21st, for 2023, for clarity, august 22nd and august 28th. the prosecutor says the government is available for all three days but would like the first one. lauro, trump s lawyer, says august 28th. is that a foreshading of how they re going to play this?