Good evening once again, im stephanie ruhle. Donald trump is now seeking to delay his federal election interference trial until april of 2026. No, not next april 26, april 2026. That is almost three years from now. 17 months after the 2024 election. It is when his legal Team Proposed this evening in a court filing to the judge handling the case. They say, quote, must have adequate time to defend himself, citing the governments 11 and a half million pages of evidence, they said if the pages were stacked on top of one another, the result would be a tower taller than the Statue Of Liberty and the washington monument. Remember, jack smith has asked for Jury Selection to start in december, with a trial beginning on january 2nd of 2024. Meanwhile the former president has been speaking out against his four separate indictments. Today he told fox business, he wants his party to do a better job of defending him. It is just a continuation of silencing, they want to silence. You if you look, this
Good evening once again, im stephanie ruhle. Donald trump is now seeking to delay his federal election interference trial until april of 2026. No, not next april 26, april 2026. That is almost three years from now. 17 months after the 2024 election. It is when his legal Team Proposed this evening in a court filing to the judge handling the case. They say, quote, must have adequate time to defend himself, citing the governments 11 and a half million pages of evidence, they said if the pages were stacked on top of one another, the result would be a tower taller than the Statue Of Liberty and the washington monument. Remember, jack smith has asked for Jury Selection to start in december, with a trial beginning on january 2nd of 2024. Meanwhile the former president has been speaking out against his four separate indictments. Today he told fox business, he wants his party to do a better job of defending him. It is just a continuation of silencing, they want to silence. You if you look, this
with that, let s get smarter with help of our leadoff panel tonight. peter baker, zero chief white house correspondent for the new york times. pulitzer prize winner for the new york times and former prosecutor glenn, did we when i heard april 26th, i honestly thought i misheard, it i thought it was a typo, i thought it was april 26 2024, but no, three years from now, what do you think about that? steph, the nicest word i could come up with for that request is, absurd. i would probably throw offensive in the mix as well. you know what is even more offensive? when you look at the first page of the motion of the trial seeking, this this ridiculous trial date, they cite the 1932 called power versus alabama, it is a case we all know. well, i teach it to my george washington university students, it actually involves a case where nine african american teenagers ages 12 through 19
with that, let s get smarter with help of our leadoff panel tonight. peter baker, chief white house correspondent for the new york times. pulitzer prize winner for the new york times and former prosecutor glenn, did we when i heard april 26th, i honestly thought i misheard, it i thought it was a typo, i thought it was april 26 2024, but no, three years from now, what do you think about that? steph, the nicest word i could come up with for that request is, absurd. i would probably throw offensive in the mix as well. you know what is even more offensive? when you look at the first page of the motion of the trial seeking, this this ridiculous trial date, they cite the 1932 called power versus alabama, it is a case we all