that came out in this first trial. so it really could potentially turn on whether doj still believes that trump is acting within the scope, either way there are some legal issues here for the judge to work out. but it s a case of this judge is looking to put a marker on and get it moving, and carroll of course just recently won the ability to amend that lawsuit to include some of the statements that trump made it down haul that we re repeating the same that the jury found defamatory so she could potentially see even more in punitive damages if she successful. you really need a spreadsheet to keep track of all the legal issues. kerastick, around. out to bring back jessica roth into this conversation, and i talk about the political aspects as well. also senior jurors will be with special assistant scott jennings is with us as well. jessica, quickly, how do you see this trial play out? will it go on time is ordered? it s hard to imagine that it will, given the other criminal cases tha
there is an independent counsel who is very much in the mold of archibald cox, and we ve got a judge who seems on surface to have complete competency here, although maybe not totally experienced. so, jessica, if, if this special counselor prosecutors are very unhappy with judge cannon, and if it starts to go in a way they don t like, do they have any recourse? they could, at that point, move to have her disqualify herself. the statue that governors disqualification or recusal of a judge says that if reasonable people basically could have a concern that the judge is not impartial, then the judge shall disqualify themselves. so they could make that motion now. they could also make it at some future date if she starts issuing rulings that would indicate bias. the concern going in is what she did in those prior rulings. to be clear, it s not that she was appointed by president trump. it s whether her prior rulings were so out of bounds, legally
lifetime. but it might take a little while before he finalizes his team. then they will need the security clearances because there is sensitive material in this case. and, again that all adds up in terms of the time it takes and when this case is eventually heard. a former president of the united states with a condition, if he pays up front. extraordinary. paula reid, thank you very much for that. what are our next guest, the former watergate prosecutor, wrote an opinion piece on judge cannon, running in the new york times today. the headline? don t automatically right off the judge in the trump documents case. nick ackerman joins us. he s also former prosecutor for new york southern district, as is jessica, rot currently a professor at manhattan s core dauzat law school. jessica, let me start with you. what can you make of this ruling or this order from judge cannon? timing is everything in the trump documents case, and this seems to be somewhat speedy. i thought this is a good
prosecutors need to do, here given her experience? oh, sir. they re gonna be briefing every little legal issue. they re gonna be setting up guidelines that she has to follow. i had this happen to be in a ten defendant trial, and appointee who was a former deputy mayor of new york who never did a criminal trial. the first criminal trial he did was when i had with independents. i just had to work like crazy. i was writing more briefs and was basically a treatise machine to make sure that this judge understood every little fine piece of the law. and that is what they re going to do. interesting. nick akerman, jessica ras, stick around serena tick around to talk about the next. rory federal judges setting the date for e. jean carroll s next civil case against on trump, knowing he s already been found liable for sexually abusing and defaming her. jessica, what are you learning about the former presidents latest trial date and how who complete with all the other
update to you ambassadors from maros sefcovic, the easy lead negotiator in brussels, and he has been telling them no deal or no time and yet, either. i would them no deal or no time and yet, either. iwould not them no deal or no time and yet, either. i would not read too much into that. this is at a delicate stage. both sides keen not to leak out details of the deal although we know a lot of what may be in it, what upset things as they reach the final stages, what upset things as they reach the finalstages, it what upset things as they reach the final stages, it could all fall apart, because we have seen that with discussions before. with discussions before. jessica, thank ou with discussions before. jessica, thank you for with discussions before. jessica, thank you for your with discussions before. jessica, thank you for your time. - for more on this story tony connelly, the europe editor of rte, joins us. thank you forjoining us, tony. how key will the discussions in the coming d