President comes into focus. I am from regular stock. I am from regular people. Tonight, donald trump, Clarence Thomas, and new reporting on the Billionaire Friends Keeping clarence happy. I like to keep that friendship. [laughter] then, why the republicans need to root for jack smiths speedy trial. Plus, on a rainy day for Fake Electors in michigan, why arent we seeing this all over the country . Count three alleges that you dont falsely make, alter, for, its recovered a Public Record with the intent to defraud. Do you understand the charges in maximum penalties . Yes. And senator roy mazie hirono on the devastation of the fires and high hawaii, when all in starts, right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. We have a proposed date for Donald Trumps trial. On charges they tried to steal the 2020 election. In a court filing today, Special Counsel jack smith asked for a start date of january 2nd, 2024. He said this would vindicate the Publics Interest in a speedy trial. That i
Donald trumps trial on charges he tried to steal the 2020 election. In a court filing today, Special Counsel jack smith asked for a start date of january 2nd, 2024. He said this would vindicate the publics interest in a speedy trial, that will ultimately be decided by the judge presiding in that case, judge tanya chutkan. But even assuming she chooses a somewhat later start, there may be some delays along the way, donald trump is probably going to face trial in this case before the president ial election next november. Though he does have one critical possible hail mary remaining. He and his lawyers could try to somehow find a way to kick the case up to the Supreme Court, where the conservative majority would rescue him. That was one of the last desperate plans for Donald Trumps coup back in 2021, to get the Supreme Court to rule in his favor. We know theres at least one very conservative justice who one of trumps Coup Plotters thought would be particularly inclined to help out. I spea
far as the legal case is concerned. i mean the second these allegations dropped, you had a number of opinions all across the spectrum, particularly about somebody who was so-called a late reporter or a delayed reporter of all these things. remember she was trying to get within the window of the new law in new york that says an adult survivor of sexual assault or abuse had a very slim window, and she was trying to get through that and had a very extensive complaint against this person. but there were no criminal charges that had been filed. they ran the gamut. the fact this has happened now, the day after, after his counsel has already said that she was in it for a payday prior to this, and he had been for the past six months threatened with some sort of action like this. she withdrew a threat and then came back with this lawsuit. there are going to be a lot of questions now about what s in the actual settlement and whether it s a complete and total muzzle for her now, which
But it s also the difference between trying to commit fraud and not trying to commit fraud. oh yeah, absolutely. it might well have been very prudent for these electors to think about getting together, because we ve got this crazy byzantine system of translating the peoples votes into electoral college votes to get counted in congress. good lawyer-ing will probably tell you that you want to have a backup in case trump is declared by a court to be a winner in that state and then does, to the extent of these fraud cases turn people to state of mind, their intent, this does show, we don t intend to break the law, we re just trying to cover ourselves in the event that there is judicial change in the result. obviously you ve been writing about election law for a long time. it s an area of law that has grown more contested and higher salient s, i would say. there s a really interesting piece that has been published by two conservative law
absolutely. it might well done very prudent for these electors to think about getting together. because we have a crazy byzantine system. transiting votes into the electoral college votes to get counted in congress. so good lawyering would tell you that you want to have a backup in case trump is declared by a court to be the winner in the state. and that does, to an extent that these fraud cases turn on people s state of mind their intent, this does show we do not intend to break the law. we re just trying to cover ourselves in the event there is judicial change the result. obviously you have been writing about election law for a long time. it is an area of law that has grown more contested and higher sale insides. it really interesting pieces that has been published by two conservative law professors. there south pluck land a