administration of justice, and she is going to adhere to a trial schedule that is consistent with the way in which trials are ordinarily held in the district of columbia, federal courts. and what she said to trump s lawyers, which is maybe the ultimate threat, is she said if you keep it up, i ll be forced to move the trial date up closer, rather than further away. their strategy is delay, delay, delay. and her idea is if you keep tup, we will have a trial earlier. take your choice. the judge has the discretion to do that. essentially use it as a threat or leverage that this court is taking this very seriously, this case. or any case. exactly. exactly. what she is saying i want to make sure we have witnesses protected, and we have an honest jury pool here, and one that is not tainted, and if your
trump. think about it, trump is facing what could be his fourth indictment. in a few days, the fulton county d.a. is expected to present her case that trump tried to overturn election results in the state of georgia. a trial schedule appears very likely to collide with the 2024 election calendar, and we really are in uncharted territory here. the former president remaining defiant and continuing to claim he s a victim of a weaponized justice system. joining me now is former adviser to presidents nixon, ford, reagan, and clinton, david gergen, it s great to see you. i m so happy we have you on. i want to get your perspective on the big picture impact of this moment, and i know we can get lost in the day-to-day churn of all of this, but what do you take away if you kind of zoom out and look at this moment? . we re in one of the strangest moments in american political history. we haven t seen anything like this in at least 100 years.
the magistrate judge no doubt feeling insulted by the blatant and lazy attempt to create unnecessary delay, told the defendant to be back in court on tuesday, with a florida lawyer, and be ready to enter a plea. the other two defendants, don trump and walt t nauta, entered the plea of not guilty today to the carriages and superseding indictment. don trump was not required to attend today session today. in washington d.c.. special prosecutor jack smith filed a proposed trial schedule for the case of states of america versus donald trump in which donald trump is charged with conspiracy to defraud the united states, i conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding. jack smith suggested a trial schedule that would accommodate pretrial motions in september, october, november, then begin jury selection on december 11th, with the first day of trial set for january 2nd. in jack smith s filing with
they suggested delaying the arraignment of carlos de oliveira until august 25th. the magistrate judge, no doubt feeling insulted by the blatant and lazy attempt to create unnecessary delay, told the defendant to be back in court on tuesday, with a florida lawyer, and be ready to enter a plea. the other two defendants, donald trump and walt t nauta, entered the plea of not guilty today to the carriages and superseding indictment. donald trump was not required to attend today session today. in washington d. c.. special prosecutor jack smith filed a proposed trial schedule for the case of states of america versus donald trump in which donald trump is charged with conspiracy to defraud the united states, i conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding. jack smith suggested a trial schedule that would accommodate pretrial motions in september, october, november, then begin jury selection on december 11th, with the first day of trial set