Negotiation. and by any legal standard i can tell you this is an asserti one. it shows she means business. she wants to start the trial by october for all 19 defendants. that would be in about we know legally from precedent that a big sprawling rico case with 19 defendants usually takes longer to prepare. we can do you one better as we bring you recent precedents. there are pending rico cases brought by this very d.a. that have taken longer than that. trump s team has taken a motion opposing the date, which is his right, and we expect that squabbling to continue among trump and others. a last minute shake-up on donald trump s legal team, which is interesting given he tapped a experiencedg lawyer who we had on this show. and today he swapped him out and swapped a new one in hours before the surrender tonight.