and the atlanta journal-constitution senior editor trump grand jury coverage shannon mccaffrey. i want to get to mark meadows and the jail, but lisa, i have to start with you, these dueling filings, talking about a trial date, october 23rd. d.a. fani willis and kenneth chesebro are in agreement, yeah, that s fine. does that mean we might see a trial with just him or him and a few others as soon as october? reporter: possibly, but in order for donald trump to get out from under that trial date, a judge is first going to have to decide that his case should be severed from the rest of them, and the standard for zef whether state court or federal court, that the prejudice to you in having to sit next to another defendant is so high that you can t get a full and fair trial sits next to them. the fact that trump would rather be on the campaign trail, for example, doesn t constitute that kind of prejudice, nor does the fact that he has other indictments going on simultaneously.
welcome back to the weekend. we start the hour with possibilities for donald trump. just hours after posting a $91 million bond that does allow the defamation of e. jean carroll. he may have defamed e. jean carroll again. too listen to what he just said said. i just posted a $91 million on a fake story, totally made up story. think of it. $none million. i could say things about what it would cost normally. $91 million. based on accusations made about me about a woman, i didn t know. i knew nothing of her. she wrote a book. and when i denied it, i said, it s so crazy, it s false. i got sued for defamation. it is remarkable. lisa ruben is here. it is remarkable because donald trump is donald trump. i want to start with this $91 million, which i think is pretty interesting. andrew weisman, or friend noted in a tweet. $90 million down, $400 million to go, and the public has no idea who may have put up the money or provided a guarantee to support the bond. but one thing is
omit? so i go back to the video, and i see that in the middle of that phrase, he had said, you know, we won in a landslide, everyone knows it. the election was stolen, you know, so even when he s recounting a moment when his own life was in danger and when president trump wasn t helping him out, he is still covering for the boss. so that to me was very revelatory. the new book is entitled the washington book: how to read politics and politicians with, and it s on sale now. new york times opinion columnist carlos lozada. that does it for us this morning, have a great weekend, everybody. ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now. right now on ana cabrera reports, donald trump in a courthouse in florida, high stakes hearing this hour in the classified documents case. what we re learning about the time line for a trial. plus, closing arguments today in the bid to disqualify the d.a. in the georgia election case. could that entire prosecution now be in jeopardy? also
thanks, alex. tonight president biden is walking into a fund raiser in san francisco right about now where he will continue scto bui his big lead over donald trump in campaign fundraising. before the president left for california yesterday, this was the second single most childish question the white house press corps delivered. mr. president, good afternoon, sir, you re going to california is this about coming for a plan b for 2024, does gavin need to stand by? are you ready? yes. i m looking at you when i came to tell you was, i told you we would be announcing sanctions on russia, we will have a major package announced friday, i ll be happy to sit with you all in doing that. who would you rather challenge in november, nikki haley or donald trump? i don t care. and they don t care, they don t care, that joe biden just described the serious work that he is doing in the oval office behind closed doors developing a new package oof sanctions against russia fo
trump and you make it a larger issue. jennifer palmieri, my friend, thank you for joining me tonight, i appreciate your time. that is our show for this evening, now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. good evening, alex. we have tremaine lee joining us here at the end of the hour, that s what we have to look forward to. i will be looking for to it as well. thanks, alex. tonight president biden is walking into a fund raiser in san francisco right about now where he will continue to build his big lead over donald trump in campaign fundraising. before the president left for california yesterday, this was the second single most childish question the white house press corps delivered. mister president, good afternoon, sir, you re going to california is this about coming for a plan b for 2024, this gavin need to stand by? are you ready? yes. i m looking at you when i came to tell you was, i told you we would be announci