the world. just ahead on cnn newsroom, drummer unfolds on two cases as the case against president trump and his allies enter a new phase. plus an emotional vigil in jacksonville florida after a hate motivated mass shooting that took the lives of three people. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rose marie church. thanks for joining us. in just a few hours from now the first courtroom hearing on the charges against donald trump and 18 others will get under way. a federal judge will hear arguments from mark meadows a codefendant and trump s former white house f of staff. he s pushing to get s case moved to federal court or everyone thrown out. willis is expected to lay out the legal arguments in his racketeering case against trump. meadows and 17 other codefendants. georgia s secretary of state who trump pressured to find enough votes to win the state has been subpoenaed to testify. separately we ll also likely learn the trial date for the federal election int
will argue that his trial should be transferred from state to federal court. i just don t think if the goal is to try to get this tried before the election, i have a hard time seeing how we complete one. the big pieces that came out of the debate are this moment when none could be sure about if they raised their hand or not. this is a defining moment. i really do believe more after last night that donald trump is not going to be the republican nominee. good evening, everybody. i m jim acosta in washington. this is cnn s special coverage election 2024, the campaign and the courtroom. what a consequential week it has been, both the one we witnessed and the one coming. the case in georgia against donald trump is about to face a big test. we re just hours away from a hearing over a key co-defendant s attempt to move his case to federal court and potentially dismiss the charges. the hearing could have major implications for trump, who is now facing four separate criminal
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Shot on tv, in ads, over and over again, digital ads, you name it, from now until november of 2024. would you, if you were still his lawyer right now, advise him, you know, listen, you might be able to get out of this republican primary process and win that, but you re a goner in the general election? i don t know that the mug shot itself is going to be the turning factor on any of this. i think the conduct is going to be something that is the turning factor on this and the allegations as part of the legal proceedings and what s going to come out of the legal proceedings. i m not sure that the mug shot is going to be the thing that drives this thing home in terms of a general election. and i do think as hearings start going, as hearings start happening and you see trials start beginning, that, you know, those things have some impact on him politically. and mark meadows is hoping to move his case to federal court,
This was in the scope of his federal responsibilities as chief of staff, she s going to say, no, that phone call is an example of the type of activity that goes beyond the scope of the activities in his actual chief of staff role and was a violation of georgia law. and that s the whole basis for her case that this was a conspiracy and racketeering activity to violate georgia election laws and undermine the outcome of the election. so there really is, in the mark meadows case, there really is some fundamental issues that go just to the heart of her prosecution overall. all right. elie honig, carrie cordero, thanks to both of you very much. they say a picture is worth a thousand words. will the strategy to use his arrest for political advantage work? we ll discuss it further when our special coverage continues. that s coming up in just a few moments. stay with us. tourists photographing thousands of miles of remote coral reefs.