welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. we re tracking several pieces of news in this coming criminal trial of donald trump. his allies advise delay, this key tack we hear about in dealing with the indictment. we know jack smith, however, guaranteed a speedy trial. my office will seek a speedy trial in this matter, consistent with the public interest and the rights of the accused. there are some complexities with the case, but the federal judge is making news with a fast time line, ruling that trump s espionage trial will now be set to begin august 14th. that s just eight weeks from now, and trump s run for office is ongoing. it puts the trial on a collision course with the first republican presidential debate the following week. it will be held in a small florida courthouse, and this plan is putting even more pressure on trump to get in gear. he has seen several lawyers depart his defense team. he was recently adding new ones as of last week. now, to be ready for a trial
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doj s evidence shows that trump did not return all documents to the archives or doj. that s what eventually led to the search. here is that moment. we we were talking. they didn t ask for it. no, i gave them some, and we were talking. i gave them some. that is an unusual admission defendant donald trump backing up the prosecutor indicting him. quite literally. trump admitting he returned some of the requested material. jack smith s indictment makes the same accusation, that it s a crime because you returned some and then lied to the fbi and doj claiming it was all. so this is that thing where people say, okay, ari, what s at like reporting the news? what are we going to hear? what are we going to learn? i didn t know we were going to be reporting on this tonight. i didn t know we d be showing you in detail in evidence that on this point they re in agreement, public agreement,