criminal trials he is currently facing. this is the case about him trying to falsify the election results. it s a federal case about that. what this means in practical terms is that this hearing today was basically the opportunity for trump s lawyers to defend their argument that they ve already made to the court in print that trump s trial, federal trial trying to overturn the election results shouldn t start for another two and a half years. it shouldn t start until 2026. today was the hearing where they were going to defend that argument. today judge chutkan federal judge in d.c. made clear they are not going to get their 2026 wish but how she got there was kind of amazing. the judge, quote, now i want to note here that setting a trial date does not depend and should not depend on a defendant s personal and professional obligations. mr. trump like any defendant will have to make the trial date work regardless of his schedule. if this case for example involved a professional athlete
joining us now is chuck rosenberg former u.s. attorney, former senior fbi official. chuck, it is great to see you. thanks for being here tonight. my pleasure, rachel. what do we know about how mark meadows did today, how good his case is that his trial should be moved to federal court? yeah, so there s a three part supreme court test that s important that i want to talk to you about. in order to get plucked out of state court as you described, he would have to show that he was a federal official. he was. that part s easy. that he was acting within the scope of his federal authority. that part s hard. and the third piece, rachel, that he would have a colorable federal offense if the case were removed from state court. let s focus on number two was he
was basically the opportunity for trump s lawyers to defend their argument that they ve already made to the court in print that trump s trial, federal trial trying to overturn the election results shouldn t start for another two and a half years. it shouldn t start until 2026. today was the hearing where they were going to defend that argument. today judge chutkan federal judge in d.c. made clear they are not going to get their 2026 wish but how she got there was kind of amazing. the judge, quote, now i want to note here that setting a trial date does not depend and should not depend on a defendant s personal and professional obligations. mr. trump like any defendant will have to make the trial date work regardless of his schedule. if this case for example involved a professional athlete it would be inappropriate for me to schedule a trial date to accommodate her schedule. the same is true here. among other things the public has an interest in the fair and timely administration of just
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transforming our public schools. narrator: california s community schools: reimagining public education. so today in a surprise donald trump s final white house chief of staff testified in federal court in detail for five hours about the alleged plot to overturn the election, the plot that is at the center of two of the criminal trials president