Feels this way, but we ve heard that they feel they were doing what they were supposed to do and they were tricked into believing that they were offering the opportunity should the election ultimately be thrown into question. that they were preserving an option for another submission. if they were, and if they could prove they were tricked, then they were acting essentially in a quasi governmental role. i don t know that it qualifies for removing them to federal court. actually, ali go ahead. i was going to say, i m really i love geeking out with glenn. and i would love it if you would show that line one more time. because when i read it, it sounded as if the judge was saying if all of the acts are under let s read it again and put up the element number one. judge order asking the parties to weigh in on the issue. quote, would a finding that at least one but not all of the
Happening. federal courts sometimes don t act super quickly and we re expecting appeals. it could go all the way up to the supreme court. so that is a huge barrier for d.a. willis in all of this. it looks like we planned this, having you and carol and glenn around for this breaking news that broke a minute before the show. glenn, i want to ask you about the thing that that the judge in this case, the meadows case is talking about. carol made a reference to george, meadow s attorney who insisted his client was operating, quote, under the color of his job as chief of staff in every intersection cited in the georgia indictment. he pressed about whether he believed to be any limitation to what his clients was allowed to do in his job as trump s chief of staff. he described meadows as a alter ego of trump and insisted he was acing as a federal authority of the executive branch. now hold that thought for a
Co-defendants say not interested in starting on october 23rd, are they likely to get that wish granted? yeah, the reality is, ali, these are discretionary calls by the judge. so if the defendant said, no, no, no, i want to waive my right to a speedy trial, rarely, i don t know if in 30 years seen a judge force a defendant to trial. yes, we have the example of judge chutkan just setting a fairly prompt trial. but not within the 70 days as required by the federal speedy trial act. but you know what, if a defendant said judge, i want more time and i need more time to absorb the mountain of discovery provided by the prosecutors, i want to waive my right to a speedy trial, i think most judges would be loathe to overrule that request. glenn, i ll give you a chance
Data. it was all part of what the post described as a quote, secretive multi-state effort to access voting equipment that was broader and more organized and more successful than previously reported and one that was discussed in the oval office. cnn reporting, quote, coffee county was specifically cited in draft executive orders for seizing vote machines and presented to donald trump on december 18th, 2020, during a chaotic oval office meeting. during same meeting, giuliani alluded to a plan to gain, quote volunteer access to machines in georgia. according to testimony from him and others before the house january 6 select committee. we re back with harry and andrew. i think glenn kirshner is coming in a few minutes as well. but this makes me think of chris krebs being fired. this makes me think of all of the efforts that we learned about through the congressional