for january 6th, judge cannon is going to have to work it out with that other judge for trial schedules because you have an absolute right to be present as a criminal defendant in your own trial, and so he ll have to be with both of them. i think this whole kind of trump delay tactic is bordering on absurd. i mean donald trump is absolutely to pick up on something ari said, entitled to the presumption of innocence and all the other rights a criminal defendant has beyond a reasonable doubt, unanimous jury has to convict him. if one juror says he s innocence, he can t go to jail, all of that he gets. you don t get some special right because you were the former president or running for office. and certainly nobody gets a 1 1/2 year trial delay. i mean give me a break. and trump s rationale which is the mar-a-lago case is so complicated that he can t be tried for a year and a half is just bizarre because it s like
tonight. of course the calender seems very full already. october of this year is the new york a.g. s civil fraud case against trump. march of next year is alvin bragg s trial for the hush money probe. there s the unknown trial date for mar-a-lago, potentially trial that will be set in fani willis investigation into trump s role in the 2020 election results in ther state, and of course the special counsel probe january 6th potential trump indictment. how is this all going to work, neal? yeah, so it s definitely a full calender, alish, as you said and it s because donald trump appears to have violated multiple different criminal laws in multiple different jerks. and our law doesn t generally deal with someone who s this much of a serial offender so
protest against biden during his presidency, but he shifted it from the 20th to the 6th saying, no, this is the date of the peaceful transfer of power, this is the last day we re able to stop this. so all of it really flowed out of his brainstorm there could be an inside political coup and violent insurrection taking place at the same time. given the gravity of what is alleged to have occurred here under trump s direction and the fact trump is running for the presidency again, the fact he s not been shy about suggesting he ll pardon himself and other people involved in the january 6th coup plot, the fact he plans to take over the doj if he wins in 2024 and greatly expand executive power, it seems like the timing of this is of the essence. are you concerned that we are now, you know, edging upon primary season in a few months, and donald trump in his defense going to use every excuse not to
all of a sudden magically the complications seem to dissolve right around november of 2024 excuse me, mid-november of 2024. and i ve handled all sorts of legal complicated cases, i ve never seen one that has a magic sell-by date in which it s not complicated enough after a presidential election. the whole thing just smacks of insincerity. and, you know, ari is exactly right. this guy, trump, is saying i m innocent, i did nothing wrong. if you so much believe that, go prove it in the court of law. you re getting a chance now. speaking to the defense is there any amount of material the defense has to sift through. they re citing 1.1 million pages and 3 1/2 years of security
trump himself is officially a target of the special counsel s investigation. trump today confirmed he received a target letter from the special counsel s office, which almost certainly means that jack smith will bring federal charges against the 45th president for his efforts to overturn an american election. joining us now is a form member of that january 6th committee, someone who helped usher in this moment. what is your feeling as we learn the news there s a likely indictment coming down for the 45th president? well, i m thinking about some of the people whose careers were permanently altered by these events. i m thinking about my friend liz cheney who was the third ranking person i think in the republican caucus who was the chair of it