that the trial would begin either at the end of march or april. certainly the spring. before the election. before the nominating jessica, the defense team, trump s lawyer said the government tries to put on a show trial. first of all, can they appeal this trial date? so they have any recourse? the language, the show trial language is the type of thing that judge chutkan basically warn them on. yeah, this is not an appealable decision. the schedule, the trial date is something that is very much for the discretion of the trial close to the fact and the case. who has the best view on what an appropriate time to try the case. so, that s not going to be something they can appeal immediately. and terms of what the trump team is saying about this being a show trial, they are running a risk of fuller allen aiding their judge. just like they did with saying the trial should be in 2026. that was not credible as an argument before her. and so statements really risk alienating her. also potent
republican hopeful and former u.s. attorney chris christie about the date judge chutkan set. is that too soon? too far away? what do you think? i think it s a realistic date, jake, given that it s a one defendant case. today, i think with the judge said was twofold. one, she gave him another six months to get ready for trial. a single defendant case. and then to, she made it quite clear to the trump legal team that the public relations games that they and their client play are not going to impact of the decisions that she makes in the courtroom. judge chutkan also signaled in so many words that the public interest in a speedy trial is what s driving the scheduling decision. not primary politics. as for mark meadows today, he took the stand in what played out like a mini trial. his testimony on why he believes his case belongs in federal
the battle over when to try donald trump and company. and where. today in washington, federal district judge tanya chutkan put the former presidents election subversion trial on a fast track. a court calendar packed with other trump trials. in atlanta, former white house chief of staff mark meadows took the stand, trying to get his fulton county georgia trial moved to federal court. we will have more on that in just a. moment rst, judge chutkan setting a trial date of march 1st of next year. rejecting special unl jack smith january 2nd date. and team trump s proposal for april 2026. look at the calendar. yes, that is super y. you see it there on that s another trial in newah, rk on the 25th. there is also the fulton county ca possibly this october. the second e. jean carroll defamation trial on the day of the iowa caucuses. and then the classified documents trial proposed for may. today on the, lead jake tapper asked
listed this way. they said about 3 million pages that came from his own campaign and political action committees, 170,000 pages from his white house that were given to the national archives. there s about 5 million plus pages of grand jury transcripts and evidence. and then the prosecution put it this. way you know in defense of that quick trial date. they said look, there s just about 47,000 pages that we are going to be relying on as key to this case. and they argued, it is those 47,000 pages that trump s team really should be focused on. they should be able, in the prosecutions view, to search them and form their defense around these select group of pages. make that six month trial timeline not that difficult at all. and get to reading, the judge basically said. jessica snyder, thank you very much. the panel is back with us right now. joining us is cnn legal analyst carrie cordero, i want to start with you. march 4th, a realistic beginning for this trial? did the trump team make a
team wanted. judge chutkan here, he actually tried trump s lawyers for not already prepping for this possibility for a quick trial in just six months. she stressed, you know, they knew this investigation was ongoing with the special counsel. as she put it, a zealous attorney wouldn t have just been waiting in the wings for an indictment. they would have been prepping for. this trump s lawyer, though, john laurel, he shot back. he said that he has just recently taken on this case. and then john, he bluntly told the judge, he said, look, i won t be able to provide effective legal assistance with a trial date this soon in just six months. and this is actually likely trump s team probably setting up the stage for an eventual appeal. theyrobably won t be able to appeal this early trial date in their view at this