he pointed out it provides accountability. it requires an endgame on part of the war in ukraine it also mentioned $10 million to be alone ukraine would have to pay back. he also said it s not the perfect legislation. he pointed out there are national security priorities but also noted there are safeguards in place to prevent funding going to hamas. back to the top it s not a blank check it seems to be the speaker was directing his messages to those in his party, and his chamber who disagreed with this wholeheartedly. i was struck by some of the debate earlier in victoria sparks who is a republican from indiana that was born in northern ukraine. she indicated she was skeptical. i have to look how she voted to have these rollcall votes this afternoon on her amendment and final passage on the ukraine side here but she called this a slush fund.
was yesterday, were all along, but what is really interesting about you have to remember, when your looking at a battlefield, you look at the other side, try to assess what is the center of gravity, the the will of the people, the guy who really rallies the people not just ukrainian people but all of us, and the entire world, as we saw in saudi arabia, not on ukraine side, and he s the man who is led the huge effort to make sure that everybody keeps ukraine in the forefront of the thoughts, on the screen, and keeps as many people onboard, tries to expand that, would try to do this weekend. very impressive performance, and back from the front lines in ukraine, i m glad you re back safe and sound.
looking at this case. how long does a case tipically take when typically take when you re talking about each side getting a fair shake in terms of depositions, in terms of the discovery process, insuring that trump s lawyers get access to all that they need to get if they need to get classified and see it in a scif, whatever? how long would that take, and do you believe that could happen before the next presidential election? no. i think once again basic fairness would suggest that all of this should be delayed to after the 2024 elections. we re already running up against the primaries that are coming next year, and that s going to pollute the primary electoral process x. if that is yet another argument as to why this process has become so political. so i think this should be delay. t it s going to take a considerable amount of time to engage in that sharing of information and to allow the defendant to be properly prepared for trial. maria: okay. next question.
the problem is that president trump is independently wealthy as well, and they forget that. and he has said adderalllys i will do at rallies, i will do whatever it takes. if i have are to spend my own money, i will. he is very protective is and kind and generous, and at the end of the day, they re going to try to take him down financially, and that s just, frankly, not a good angle. i don t know if they have seen his wealth, but it s not the best angle to go at. maria: typically when you have a case as complicated as the one we re talking about, there is deposition, there is discovery, a whole discovery process where trump s lawyers will have to get access to the other side s information and vice versa. how long do you expect that process to take? jack smith says he wants a speedy trial. we are about a year away from an election. obviously,ing we re just two weeks away from the first gop primary debate, two months away from the iowa caucuses.
the border of alaska, and it actually had to trigger a response from the united states. does it surprise you that, you know, given all of this influence peddling and money that the biden family has taken in that communist china is emboldened and empowered to actually act against america and its citizens? unfortunately, it doesn t, maria. and this is the problem when you re dealing with a political figure that is facing these allegations and, i would say, truthful allegations of corruption and influence peddling involving foreign nationals. let s remember, this is not somebody back in minute s congressional district somebody who wanted a government contract. this is foreign government corruption. in the case of china, they re aware of the financial commitments, the financial transfer of funds that have been made to the biden family. and keep in mind on the ukraine side as well, maria, that f-1023 document, the allegation of burisma bribery, if you read