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Out front next, trumps legal team just hours away from facing the judge in the January 6th Case in court for the first time. This is the special counsel jack smith wants to start trumps trial january 2nd. And the death toll rising in maui as Search And Rescue operations are frantically underway. Im going to speak to a woman who narrowly escaped a wall of flames. Her incredible story. Plus, all the republican president ial candidates heading to iowa, our john king just returned from there. Were talking to voters, and he will be at the magic wall tonight. For us, lets go out front. And good evening, im erin burnett. Outfacetoface, trumps team set to meet judge Tanya Chutkan. Chutkan is the judge overseeing the January 6th Case, and their meeting comes as the clo ....
2024. that would put the doj case to hold trump to account for trying to overturn the elec ahead of all but one case that trump currently faces. only the civil case in new york alleging fraud is scheduled to start sooner. it is a bold move by the doj, and trump personally tonight responding moments ago referring again to, que, deranged jack smith adding only an out of touch lunatic would ask for such a date one day into the new year. trump added the trial should only happen, if at all, all caps, after the election. it was part of a vektive trump lobbied today referring to fake indictments saying prosecutors are trying to rig and steal another election. trump s lawyers no doubt don t want their client posting his usual screed of venomous accusations, they will almost certainly file a request for a later trial date after the election. that s what they did in the mar-a-lago case where team trump, again, appeared to be dragging their feet. ....
To go, and certainly the defense should be as well by january, which is, you know, by the way, still five or six months five months from now. it s a fair point, and also what you say, another fair point about the frustration that many shares. this is years in the past. why did it take so long putting us in the middle of an election season and giving us a narrative, george, that it could interfere with an election season, right? when you look at this, trump is saying looking at january 2nd, that would be two weeks before the iowa caucuses. so he s on social media tonight saying only an out of touch lunatic would ask for such a date one day into the new year, and maximum election interference in iowa. now, again, putting aside the petty invekt attitude, does he have a point about iowa and new hampshire, this would take him off the campaign trail. that s his problem and not the court s and not the justice department s and not the public s. the fact of the matter is if he s so conf ....