Documents case to begin on august 12th. That is correct. Donald trump asked for that trial tosk start just three mons before the president ial election. Except that request may not exactly by what it sounds like. It could very well be a game of 3d chess. But, yeah, doesnt sound like something donald trump plays all that often. But bear with me here. Trump pitching that august date could be ahi way to block that other federal criminal case, the specialra counsels much more serious federal Election Interference case before going to trial before the election. Yesterday we got that massive news the Supreme Court has agreed to hear trumps argument that those criminal trials in the d. C. Case could should be thrown out because of president ialse immunity. The court didnt schedule to hear that case until the week of april nt22nd. Because of that delay even if the Supreme Court decides that case incredibly quickly, this Election Interference case could not start until late july. We know from f
Effective, and it is not safe. Thank you very much. That is all in on the thursday night. Alex wagner tonight starts right now. Good evening, alex. Thanks to athome for joining me this hour. This evening, weve got some fairly shocking news. President trump is asking the court to schedule one of his federal criminal trials before the november election, specifically, trump is requesting that maralago classify its documents case to begin on august 12th. That is correct. Donald trump asked for that trial to start just three months before the president ial election. Except, that request may not exactly be what it sounds like. It could very well be a game of 3d chess. It does not sound like something trump placed on that often, but play with me here. Trump pitching that august date could be a way of trying to block the other federal criminal case, the Special Counsels much more serious a federal Election Interference case from going to trial before the election. Yesterday we got that massive
B is august. He has made an immunity argument, the same argument that is made in d. C. One minor difference. He wasnt president. His argument is, but i took the documents while i was president. I have said, that is like a bank robber saying you know, i legally got the gun that i used to rob the bank. Right. I was a customer of the bank when they went in and took the money. Everything is just such an irrelevancy. But hes got judge cannon and so the question is whether judge cannon will sit on that, whether she will grant it, or if she denies it and says but its not a frivolous argument, meaning all of these delays of appeal that we have seen in the d. C. Case, don trump is going to try that, of course. Same road. Back to the Supreme Court. Its much harder factual argument. But, thats not the issue. Just remember, we were all sitting here going, hes arguing that he can order s. E. A. L. Team six to kill a political important opponent and were going as absolutely laughable laughable. A no
Classified documents case to begin on august 12th. That is correct. Donald trump asked for that trial to start just three months before the president ial election. Except, that request may not exactly be what it sounds like. It could very well be a game of 3d chess. It does not sound like something trump placed on that often, but play with me here. Trump pitching that august date could be a way of trying to block the other federal criminal case, the Special Counsels much more serious a federal Election Interference case from going to trial before the election. Yesterday we got that massive news, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear trumps argument, that those criminal trials in the d. C. Case should be thrown out because a president ial immunity. But the court did not schedule oral arguments on that case to start until the week of april 20 seconds. Because of that delay, even if the Supreme Court decides this case incredibly quickly, this Election Interference case most likely could no
Classified documents created by members of the intelligence and military presented to the president of the United States during his term in office were purely private. And that trump himself didnt even raise this defense until more than a year after he left the white house. Decide now and give us enough time to appeal. Smiths team is pleading. After all, the president ial records act isnt even what prosecutors have charged him with violating. Its the Espionage Act. Judge Aileen Cannon has yet to respond, but as we wait, what might jack smiths team really be getting at. Former prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst, charles coleman, and legal correspondent, lisa rubin. This was a biting moment from jack smiths team, and it went further than any other legal filing that weve seen from anymore in regards directly to judge Aileen Cannons own decisions. And the frustration almost leaps off the page. I want to give you and our viewers context, we are dealing with a judge who has left undecided a