High popularity, she sort of the face of the royals. Will these scandals really dragged down . All right, harry enten, thank you. Before we go, we wanted to take a moment to say goodbye to a member of our team. Here are aligned producer Christina Callahan is in the control room for us right now for the last time, unless of course she ever wants to come back christina has been at 360 for nine years and over the years has become vital member of the team. Shes incredibly calm incredibly calm under pressure, incredibly professional, which are two really important traits for Line Producer most importantly, shes an all around great human being, and we are truly going to ms her. So thank you, christina. And we wish you the best of luck moving forward. News continues right here on cnn outfront. Next Breaking News on this friday, trumps Hush Money Criminal Trial has a new date. This is the lead prosecutor in the Fulton County the Election Case has just resigned. Will trump face a criminal trial before the election . Plus could a button on the back of a boeing 787 Cockpit Chair Lead to a jet plunging and midair, causing bodies go flying into the roof will outbound has obtained the pilots manual with revealing details about that very chair and we will speak to a pilot was flown that Plane Hundreds of times and shes the south dakota governor on trumps list of possible running mates. So why is she selling . Now shoe inserts and dental work . Lets go out front and good evening. Im Erin Burnett Outfront tonight. The Breaking News, the trump trials in complete chaos at this hour, a new york judge just ruling that the start of Donald TrumpsCriminal Hush Money Trial is now delayed as the lead attorney on trumps Georgia Election interference case has resigned tonight. So on the Hush Money Case, lets start there. The trial had been set to start this month, ten days from now in march 25th and now the judge says, well, it likely wont start before even mid april and that comes after a dispute between trumps defense team and prosecutors over documents in the case. The delay playing directly into trumps selfdeclared strategy in all his legal cases we want delays, obviously, im running for election obviously, hes running for election, so we wants delays. He doesnt want verdicts here. He doesnt want people to see this and hes concerned what voters will see and hear in his legal cases during the closing days of the election. And a huge reason for concern earn is the georgia case. Now, uh, judges just ruled that District Attorney fani willis can stay on the case or lead prosecutor has to go, but fani willis stays in place. And that case will be televised live nationally, which means that voters will see everything that happens before election day. Evidence witnesses, maybe even trump himself. That will be broadcast daily while americans are deciding who to vote for. As early voting is open. And if fani willis gets her way, that trial will still start on august 5th. Thats exactly three months before election day. Willis has said she believes the trial could conclude in the very early part of 2025, which would be right around the time trump is sworn in, if hes elected. So the real question becomes, how quickly can the georgia case move forward without the top prosecutor, nathan wade, because he is forced to resign. So fani willis up on top she stays its in place, but he has to leave and trump and his codefendants and accused willis, of course, of profiting from her now exboyfriend, nathan wade and immediately after this decision, the fani willis got to stay on the case. Trumps campaign quickly fundraising off the judges decision today, sending the message to supporters, Quote Fani Willis can continue the way it can against me, rigged system against us. And then of course, links to donate money. Paula reid is out front and washington and polo. What more are you learning about these delays in trumps legal calendar which have such huge significance in these months before election day earn its incredible right now, theres not one firm trial date for former President Trump ahead of the november election. And as you just said, this has been his strategy, but its not just as lawyers who are achieving this. Hes getting a lot of help from prosecutors and judges in delaying these cases. Lets take whats going on in new york the Hush Money Case that the District Attorneys framing. Its an election interference case. That was the only case that was definitely expected to go before november. Now, the judge overseeing that case on the de it was supposed to start in ten days. Its going to hold a hearing to figure out why federal prosecutors just handed over Tens Of Thousands of pages of new evidence and he may move the trial. Then we look at the january 6 election subversion case. There the Supreme Court has that case on pause while they consider whether trump has immunity. Aaron, they were asked by the Special Counsel to resolve that issue months ago. So this case could go forward. Now, their decision probably wont come until june and then they need to give lawyers several months to prepare for that case. Remember, this case doesnt go before november and trump is reelected. He can make both federal cases go away. The other federal case classified documents i was in court two weeks ago when the judge heard arguments about pushing that back. We still dont have a new date. And lastly, the case weve been talking about all day down in georgia, fani willis had originally said she wanted to do this in august. A lot of folks thought that was ambitious given the scope of this case. But then these proceedings to possibly disqualify her this has pushed the case back, so her decision devil romantic relationship with the lead prosecutor helped trump delay this here, even though she was found not to have an actual conflict right now is unclear when that case well go again, this is an astonishing victory for the former president , but its not his alone. Hes getting a lot of help from the system certainly is and others, others poor decisions. They said, you always are your own worst enemy. I, paula, thank you very much. And i want to go now to gerald griggs, president of the georgia nwa cp. He has been friends with fani willis for 26 years. They Work Together at the atlanta city solicitors office. Its also been friends with nathan wade for 16 years and gerald, i appreciate your time so you know, both of them them. Very well. I know you had a chance to speak with nathan wade after his resignation today on the back of judge mcafee is decision. What did he tell you he. Told me hes going to continue to practice law and continued to do justice in the state of georgia. And hes excited about the next chapter of his life. Was he prepared for the judge to rule the way he did. And does he feel this. Was fair well, we had a personal conversation. It wasnt about that particular aspect of this whole endeavor. Hes resolute and continued to practice law and continued to do justice for the citizens of georgia so the judge in his ruling, gerald talking about your friend fani willis he said she showed a quote, tremendous lapse in judgment. Thats the quote from the judge that she acted unprofessionally. Now, look, youve known for a long time, you dont for more than 25 years, do you know whether she has any regrets about the decisions she made and how she handled all of this ive no fani a long time. Ive known her to uphold the highest standards for the Practice Of Law and for her personal life. And i think that she will continue to uphold those standards as she has in the past. I think fani is focused on trying this case, and although the cases in Fulton County and i think thats her focus so the judge warned of the potential Gerald Of A Future Gag Order against willis because of these specific comments that she made at church. Let me play them one white Me Broome Muslims in a great boom in ohio. One black man, another superstar, agreeing and agree boy. Oh lord, they dont get mad when im on my own first thing. They say oh she goes, play the race card. Now but no guy actually joe specifically called those comments legally improper and any is rolling. He said the time may well have arrived for an order preventing the state from mentioning the case in any public forum to prevent prejudicial publicity. But that is not the motion presently before the court, which seems to be at least an opening, if not an invitation for there to be such an invitation gerald, whats your reaction when you hear with, uh, judges saying and you hear what your friend has said i think my friend was oh, pining on the decisions that are being made around this case. And i think she was also stating and pushing back on the attacks by politicians. I think the judge, if hes opening issuing a gag order, the gag order should be on all parties because this is not just the Prosecutors Office because that is talking thats not just the defendants that are talking is not just the judge who is talking. So i think to avoid the appearance of any impropriety, if hes thinking about issuing a gag order, it should begins all parties so we can get to the actual disposition of this case in the four walls of a courtroom and i want to ask you one other thing. Jail before we go, nathan wade and your conversation, obviously, if hes being replaced, someone has to come in, get up to speed. Obviously, the Da A Fani Willis being in position makes a difference, but someone else has to come in. She had tried to hire multiple people, four. She actually hired nathan wade. Did he give any indication to you about how long he thinks its going to take people to get up to speed what position the case situation of the case is in, whether theyve had there is so much focused on this entire embroiled you about their relationship and the judge that they havent had chance to focus on the case, did he give you any information there . No, but ive known ms willis for a long time. Shes One Of The Best prosecutors in the state of georgia, and shes a Trial Attorney and so i think that she would have no problem getting up to speed and trying this case herself. Shes tried the longest rico case in georgia history. This one is no different, so i dont think its going to take any additional time for anyone to get up to speed she has her team, she has some of the best lawyers in the state and she is One Of The Best lawyers in the state. Gerald griggs. Thank you so much. I really appreciate your taking the time and sharing this with me. Thank you for having me. All right. Thank you. And so now lets go to ryan goodman are out front legal analysts and michael isacoff, who has spent extensive time with willis and her team for his new book, find me the votes. Hard charging georgia prosecutor, rogue, president , and the plot to steal an American Election so ryan, you heard what gerald just said you know, this is his view of his friends at fani willis knows whats knows its going on. Could try this herself with or rico experience, that there would be no reason to indicate that this would cause a delay. Her remaining on nathan wade being removed how do you see it and what happens here that august 5th date is still technically her latest request for the trial. So i dont think it changes the baseline which is that we might be able get the date of august 5 as the start she was already ready to go to trial with others who instead decided to plead guilty and so our august 5th might be the start date. Then in terms of the nuts and bolts, itll be about seeding a jury. In the past, it has taken a long time in georgia to seat a jury in a rico case, but those other case was different in this case, you might actually have the problem of people actually wanting to serve on the jury because its such an historic case. So that might go a little bit more quickly, but even by her standards or what she has said or expectations, the trial will go until after the election nil going to be a verdict after the election, even if she gets her start. So you may see those some of the visuals ive it before, but important that what youre saying is that removing the lead prosecutor, youre agreeing with geralds assessment, at least it doesnt necessarily that in and of itself does not mean that delay i think thats right. I think a lot of their work has already been done and theyve got a lot more time to prepare for august 5th. All right. So on that, michael, i know you are really watching the next few weeks as an indicator for how quickly the judge, the judge gets this case back on track, right . Sure. And its going to be really important to see how judge mcafee rules from here. Does he tried to get this case back on track, try to set a trial date very soon. And also whether the defense lawyers, the trump lawyers, are going to to try to appeal this ruling. Its interesting in their comments today, both steve sadow, the trump lawyer, and ashleigh merchant, the lawyer for michael roman, who brought the motion to begin with. Did not say specifically that theyre going to try to appeal, so they may realize this is it. And now were going to pivot to the actual case in mind. And i think thats that was one takeaway from the responses today. Another thing ryan that stood out to me was judge mcafee is reference to the georgia bar and the obviously the Bar Association in a state is the police for lawyers in the state would have the ability to disbar somebody or to punish them in other ways. And there are other investigations going on here. So even even separate from the appeal point that michael just raised, is this really just clear sailing or is it possible . But there are punishments that come along for fani willis here, the do derail this in these next few months. I think the next few minutes are going to see a number of different institutions in georgia reviewing fani willis and nathan wade, the judge almost invited that too. He listed out all the institutions, including the Georgia State bar. And i cant imagine that is somebody going to take up that invitation. It just takes a group of lawyers to file an ethics complaint same thing happened to bill barr when he was us attorney journal in summer of 2020 it can happen to fani willis as the District Attorney and in the courts opinion, he also says that theres an odor of mendacity remains in refers to her testimony in reverse to nathan wades testimony and odor of mendacity. Thats the exact quote and odor of mendacity. So that is an invitation or somebody to bring up an ethics charge. If i have the next Search Online yes. Michael yeah. Well, i just want to correct ryan, their the odor of mendacity quote, which is in that opinion, and obviously lip out at everybody. If you read it closely, hes not referring to fani willis testimony. It comes right after hes talking about terrence bradley, the lawyer who was supposed to be the star goodness for the trump lawyers. And he says, you cant credit anything he had to say, he takes shots at nathan wade for misrepresenting on his interrogatories, but he never specifically says that fani willis gave testimony that that he does not believe or that was contradicted but i just want to make one Central Point or two Central Points before you do that, before you did, i want to give ryan a chance to respond as its pulled over odor of mendacity. Yeah. Sorry to do this, but the paragraph begins in order mendacity remains. The paragraph continues reasonable questions about whether the District Attorney and her handselected lead sad a testified untruthfully about the timing of their relationship further underpin the finding of an appearance of impropriety on their part. Thats a direct reference. Its not a finding by him and he does. But this one is ammonia is obviously a rep. Prince to her. I did not read it that way. I think it can be interpreted differently, but in any case, the really important thing here is that this case is going to go to trial. It may not be before the election. If donald trump is elected president , he will probably not be on trial in Fulton County, but whats important is everybody else will and this is the only case in which all the enablers of donald trump, all the confederates, all the coconspirators have been charged criminally, and they will have to go on trial for mark meadows to john eastman, to rudy giuliani. You can go on all the list they will be almost certainly on trial even if donald trump is on serving as president and ryan, a Quick Response to that, and it will be televised in these cases, right . So if its trump, but also others. So we, we, the voters will see all of this 100 and this is the only case that will be nationally televised. The federal cases will not, and the new york case will not. This will have a National Audience everyday. Thats, its before the trial, and it will be those days leading into the election, possibly if she gets she gets what she wants in the trial date. All right. Thanks so much to both of you and next and out front investigation, the Texas Governor greg abbott says donation not public money, is being used to boss the migrants to blue states. But that does not add up thats my name, thats my phone number. But i definitely didnt give 2,000 to greg abbotts campaign up button people. Do you see justin, mike p