Opposition leader. Hello, im wolf blitzer in washington and youre in the cnn newsroom right now, donald trump is inside a florida courtroom for a crucial hearing. It could decide when the criminal case over his handling of classified documents goes to trial. The judge is set to determine whether it will move forward as planned. In may or be delayed. Trumps lawyers now say they would accept the trial in august. Thats three months before election day here in the united states. Cnns chief Legal Affairs correspondent, paula reid is outside the courthouse in fort pierce, florida for us. Paula, have you heard anything yet from inside the court . Yes. Well, if we just got our first update, a handwritten note from inside the courthouse, were learning from our colleagues who are inside watching these proceedings. Its so far the Special Counsel and trumps lawyers, they have been discussing this larger question of timing such a consequential issue in this case, because we know the Special Counsel
that he testified on friday in front of a d.c. grand jury. the new york times in the wall street journal reporting that general counsel has also testified. and what we are hearing, from the january 6th, now maybe an even bigger deal. even more damning. and what they showed us last week. and their final hearing until september. you remember the shortest then president of the united states, donald trump, the day after supporters attacked the capitol. hunted lawmakers in the halls. beat police within an inch of their lives. the day after all of that. they showed us how he absolutely refused to say the election is over. now, the committee is showing us more about what donald trump refused to say. even after his top advisors and his own family begged him, the committee releasing a never before seen exhibit today. i m going to play for you, here it is, in its entirety. i m not sure when those conversations began because they could ve started early the next morning. but i believ
this is on them tonight that we have a lot that we are learning. to top aides to the vice president testified in the doj s criminal investigation on january 6th. and the efforts to overturn our free and fair election. marc short who was chief of staff to then vice president mike pence confirming to cnn that he testified on friday in front of a d.c. grand jury. the new york times in the wall street journal reporting that greg jacobs s general counsel has also testified. and what we are hearing from the january six committee. now maybe an even bigger deal. even more damning. then what they showed us last week. and their final hearing the september. remember they showed us that president of united states, donald trump? the day after supporters attacked the capitol. what does lawmakers in the halls. the police with an inch of their lives. the day after all that. they showed us how he absolutely refused to say the election is over. now the committee showing us more of what donald
hoopla about it. we didn t get any executive privilege and all that. and they did. they just went in and did their job and they spoke to the grand jury and left. susan i just want to play more, this is what we heard from president biden slamming trump today for failing to respond on january 6th. and for three hours, the defeated president the former united states what should all happen. as he sat in the comfort of the private dining room next to the oval office. while he was doing that, brave law enforcement officers subject to the immediate help for three hours. face to face with crazed mob, that believe the lies the defeated president. the police were heroes that. they donald trump lack the courage to act. you can hear the scratcher voice there, obviously recovering from covid. that s the first and i notice. but when you think about biden laying into trump like that and showing that contrast between law enforcement and former president? well, it is interesting, it
is probably a sign of the effectiveness of the january six committee and putting this facts at which is already note back in front of the president. in fact president biden has been reluctant to take a punch at donald trump in to bring up january six. he has left a committee largely to do his business. i think it is a sign that there are many in biden s own party who are hoping he would come out tweeting morgantown with trump and it is important to note that trump will act should be back in washington d.c. for the first time since he left it. so let s just say, ungraciously. for a speech tomorrow. i do think the timing suggest that biden wanted to make that point before donald trump was back here in washington d.c.. tom, why are you shaking your head? what s the deal? i m just thinking she s nailing it bang on, as susan always. does he s gonna be back