Deadline in the 2020 election interference case. Hes got until 5 00 p. M. This afternoon to respond to special counsel jack smiths request for a protective order. Smith is trying to block trump from disclosing evidence and making Public Comments that could intimidate witnesses or undermine the case. Smith asked the judge to step in after trump issued a vague threat on social media on friday. He wrote in all caps, quote f you go after me, im coming after you. This morning, were also keeping a close watch on Fulton County, georgia, where trump is facing another potential indictment for trying to overturn the election. The streets around the courthouse are being shut down as the grand jury considers charges. Trumps lawyer went on a media blitz and appeared on all five networks sunday morning. He floated a new defense for trump, alleged will pressuring mike pence and georgia officials to overturn the election results. Youre saying that asking is action. No, asking is aspirational. Asking i
what happened on january 6th was not peaceful. mike pence will be one of our best witnesses at trial. based on what vice president pence will say, the government will never be able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that president trump had corrupt or criminal intent. that s what this case is about. mike pence said all this week is that what president trump did was wrong. he never said it was criminal. he said it was wrong. never said it was criminal. with more on where all trump s legal cases stand. elie honig back with us. let s walk through the most recent efforts to overturn the election, january 6th. the third indictment landed. we can assess where we are and what s happening soon because we ll have more action today. this, of course, is doj special counsel jack smith s indictment of donald trump, related to the attempt to overthrow the 2020 election. this is in federal court in washington, d.c. important to note, the focus here is not so much on the capitol attack
Deadline in the 2020 election interference case. he s got until 5:00 p.m. this afternoon to respond to special counsel jack smith s request for a protective order. smith is trying to block trump from disclosing evidence and making public comments that could intimidate witnesses or undermine the case. smith asked the judge to step in after trump issued a vague threat on social media on friday. he wrote in all caps, quote f you go after me, i m coming after you. this morning, we re also keeping a close watch on fulton county, georgia, where trump is facing another potential indictment for trying to overturn the election. the streets around the courthouse are being shut down as the grand jury considers charges. trump s lawyer went on a media blitz and appeared on all five networks sunday morning. he floated a new defense for trump, alleged will pressuring mike pence and georgia officials to overturn the election results. you re saying that asking is action. no, asking is aspirational.
In october. there will be voting going on or september. no judge is going to have a trial that close to the election. now, what s already taken? the manhattan case. the hush money case that is scheduled to start at the end of march. yep. that is going to carry us through april. the mar-a-lago case is scheduled to start at the end of may. that is going to carry us through june. and i think through july. so, where is there a spot for the january 6th case? trump s team said they believe it will take nine months to try it. i think that s wildly overrated, overstated. but what if it s half that time, four months. there is no four month gap. one of these has to move. this moves. unless this was by the way, important point, alvin bragg more than signaled multiple times he s willing to come off the date or try to if necessary for the others. this will all be fluid, but there s only so much time to move these cases. this is a good visual representation of what our 2024 will look like.
Election. what disoes this get him? he is far behind the former president in state and national polls. what does he earn now with this acknowledgment? i mean, likely it keeps him in the hunt for some of these trump voters. notice how he responded to that question. he did not give a yes or no answer. he gave a very sort of opaque hand on the bible on the 20th. that s who the president is. so, if you clip that, it s not him saying trump lost the election, which could enrage both the former president himself and his voters. it really shows in the end that desantis bet is that he can win over the most hard core trump voters, which pollsters have told me in the past are just unlikely to move from trump under any circumstances. he eventually got to, of course, the former president lost. we ll see where he goes after that. daniel, jamal real quick before we go. i just want to know why ron desantis is going to debate the