71 felony counts in two jurisdictions, in new york and in south florida, to say nothing of a grand jury in fulton county, georgia, that may indict trump as early as next week, also a federal grand jury in d.c. investigating trump s role in the january 6th insurrection. in this case, the documents case, trump s attorneys are asking for trump to get special treatment, to be treated unlike every other american, to take into consideration trump s status as the frontrunner for the republican presidential nomination. the lawyers write that trump is, quote, currently the likely republican party nominee. this undertaking requires a tremendous amount of time and energy and that effort will continue until the election on november 5th, 2024. quote, mr. nauta s job requires him to accompany trump on most campaign trips around the country. the schedule makes trial preparation with both defendants challenging. whether judge cannon buys into this idea that the ex-president and walt nauta ar
defamation, seems to have a mop umtal ripple effect in terms of doj s view of what it will and will not defend. i think that s absolutely right. i think the jury s conclusion in a case that was focused on defamation and sexual assault put the doj in a position in which it could as the d.c. court of appeals said it could do, take the full facts into account. here, that jury verdict in the previous tape opens the door for e. jean carroll to move forward in the additional case. and i think it also really importantly creates the careful boundaries for the doj to take this factually into account without throwing the door wide open to eliminate the kind of protection that it wants to have