Threatening the judge in the 2020 federal elections subversion case. Also, georgia d a fani willis, as a trial date for donald trump, it is alleged coconspirators. How will it fit with the other three criminal trials hes facing in the middle of a president ial campaign . Plus, a live report from maui, where the governor says the death toll has risen in probably over 1000 people could still be missing. Good evening, thanks for joining us. We begin with two pieces of Breaking News tonight. The first, weve just learned, of charges in texas connected with alleged threats against judge chutkan, obviously presiding over the 2020 Election Subversion Trial of the former president. According to the court filing, the woman who lives in alvin, texas left a threatening, racist, bigoted voice mail for judge chutkan on august 5th. Allegedly saying if trump doesnt get elected, quote, were coming to kill you, tread lightly. And then a curse. She allegedly continued, quote, youll be targeted personally
Plus, the iowa caucuses that month. then, with georgia s case, followed by the new york hush money trial, super tuesday march 5th, finally, in may there s a mar-a-lago documents trial. again, all proposed dates, nothing set in stone. that calendar will change. joining us now, georgia grand jury witnesses, cnn political commentator, former georgia lieutenant governor, jeff duncan. former georgia democratic state senator, also michael, more former u.s. attorney for georgia s middle district. and cnn senior legal analyst, elie honig. let s begin, i guess, with the trial timeline for the d. a. willis. i mean, that s gonna change? there is no earth, there is no planet on which this case would be tried in march. due to the logjam that we just saw. now, we see all these four different indictments, and they re all jockeying for a very limited trial space. but the da has asked to try this in march. first of all, there s an ongoing racketeering trial,
Right now, that the d. a. s office is handling in georgia. they are still choosing a jury. they re seven months in. i know that sounds unbelievable, but state jury selection is way slower than in federal cases. even if they started in march, they d still be picking a jury on election day. that is not happening. i understand what the d. a. is doing, she s doing what prosecutors are trying to do. you always say, we are ready to go, any day, we want to try everyone altogether. but march is not happening for this case. michael, very unlikely that there is 19 people charged. it s not gonna be 19 people by the time this goes to trial? no. there s not a chance. there will be people who flip, who cooperate, some plead out. maybe people she decides to get rid of, because it complicates the case. there could be a number of reasons. there won t be 19 defendant sitting in the courtroom. and because there s 19, that s one of the reasons there s no possible way that she s ever gonna go to trial