an october trial for some of these co-defendants in the georgia rico case. we have an october trial, do you think that the jacks mitt king will be watching what happens in that trial, or maybe they are even watching the hearing tomorrow? oh, there is no question that both the state prosecutors and the federal prosecutors are very closely watching what is going on in the other case. and that s not with any malice or anything like that. they have to actually know what s going on in the other case. what is happening here is, it s like that old adage about a duck swimming, it looks like they are placidly swimming on the surface of the water. but actually, they are paddling very furiously underneath. that s what s going on on all sides here. the defense, the state prosecutors, the federal prosecutors, they have to know what s going on. and i will also point out that , they may have overlapping discovery obligations. so in other words, if fani willis has a prior statement of a witness t
georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger has been subpoenaed to testify. fulton county just an attorney fani willis has pushed back on the argument. this is what she had to say in a filing. the district attorney s office contended that meadows violated the hatch act which bars employees from engaging in political activity as part of their official roles are fatal friend paul butler joins me a. former federal prosecutor and an msnbc legal analyst. i have some questions for you. before we get to all of that, the horrific racist hate crime and shooting yesterday. the fbi has now opened an investigation. a hate crimes investigation. how could that impact of the local investigation that is currently underway. what seems obvious from the evidence that this was a hate crime. the evidence being those manifesto s which were replete with the and word from the shooter. also the fact that he adorned one of his firearms with a
during that long of a period of time. however, we do have this very interesting chess game going on logistically, with all of these trials that are going on. i think that jack smith asked for an earlier january trial date, quite strategically. i m not sure he really expects a trial date that early to be imposed. but i could certainly see something in the february or march timeframe, before the new york trial is scheduled. and then, the new york trial would have to essentially trail the federal trial of jack smith. and that is i think, defensible. that is probably enough time for jack smith to give over discovery, and for the defense to review. and although of course, they would have to work diligently, and they are doing all that discovery. but yes, i see the judge imposing a day within the next few months. we know that fani willis s team, and jackson s team are not working together. but do you think they are paying attention to what s happening in each of these cases? i mean for exa
not ready to work for our lives. all right we will have to leave it here. thanks for your time. i m lindsey reiser, you asked what will be next next at two pm eastern. simone, starts right now. , starts right now greetings everyone, you re watching symone. we learned a startling new information this hour, about the racist hateful shooter on a rampage in jacksonville, florida, targeting black people at $1 general store, killing three. how this tragedy unfolded, and why current gun laws in the state could not have prevented it. and in georgia, the first hearing involving donald trump s election interference case is set for monday. we will get a glimpse of what evidence district ernie fani willis could bring against the 19 defendants, as the former chief of staff to trump, mark meadows, are used to move his case to federal court. plus, every seat in the house of representatives is on the line in 2024. and we are talking to the people who are on the ballot important races across th