attorney noted, for the court record, he believed the trial date will deny president trump him to have effective assistance of counsel. that didn t seem to land very well. that being said, was put out there. and then president trump himself tweeted that he s going to appeal this. there s nothing to that, really. and so if somebody s even a trump supporter, they should not count on that, that appeal s going nowhere. it s really within the discretion of the judge to set their calendar. and, in fact, she is accommodating him to some degree because the doj said that they wanted it early january. there was an amicus brief submitted by very prominent conservative lawyers including a judge, alberta gonzalez, acting attorney general, and republican administration. and they all said the justice department s january 4th date was practicable, that she could go with that, and she didn t. the idea that this denies him effective counsel. he also has some of the best counsel in the country with hug