documents case to begin on august 12th. that is correct. donald trump asked for that trial tosk start just three mons before the presidential election. except that request may not exactly by what it sounds like. it could very well be a game of 3-d chess. but, yeah, doesn t sound like something donald trump plays all that often. but bear with me here. trump pitching that august date could be ahi way to block that other federal criminal case, the specialra counsel s much more serious federal election interference case before going to trial before the election. yesterday we got that massive news the supreme court has agreed to hear trump s argument that those criminal trials in the d.c. case could should be thrown out because of presidentialse immunity. the court didn t schedule to hear that case until the week of april nt22nd. because of that delay even if the supreme court decides that case incredibly quickly, this election interference case could not start until late july. we
effective, and it is not safe. thank you very much. that is all in on the thursday night. alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex. thanks to at-home for joining me this hour. this evening, we ve got some fairly shocking news. president trump is asking the court to schedule one of his federal criminal trials before the november election, specifically, trump is requesting that mar-a-lago classify its documents case to begin on august 12th. that is correct. donald trump asked for that trial to start just three months before the presidential election. except, that request may not exactly be what it sounds like. it could very well be a game of 3d chess. it does not sound like something trump placed on that often, but play with me here. trump pitching that august date could be a way of trying to block the other federal criminal case, the special counsel s much more serious a federal election interference case from going to trial before the election. yesterday
b is august. he has made an immunity argument, the same argument that is made in d.c.. one minor difference. he wasn t president. his argument is, but i took the documents while i was president. i have said, that is like a bank robber saying you know, i legally got the gun that i used to rob the bank. right. i was a customer of the bank when they went in and took the money. everything is just such an irrelevancy. but he s got judge cannon and so the question is whether judge cannon will sit on that, whether she will grant it, or if she denies it and says but it s not a frivolous argument, meaning all of these delays of appeal that we have seen in the d.c. case, don trump is going to try that, of course. same road. back to the supreme court. it s much harder factual argument. but, that s not the issue. just remember, we were all sitting here going, he s arguing that he can order s.e.a.l. team six to kill a political important opponent and we re going as absolutely laug
classified documents case to begin on august 12th. that is correct. donald trump asked for that trial to start just three months before the presidential election. except, that request may not exactly be what it sounds like. it could very well be a game of 3d chess. it does not sound like something trump placed on that often, but play with me here. trump pitching that august date could be a way of trying to block the other federal criminal case, the special counsel s much more serious a federal election interference case from going to trial before the election. yesterday we got that massive news, the supreme court has agreed to hear trump s argument, that those criminal trials in the d. c. case should be thrown out because a presidential immunity. but the court did not schedule oral arguments on that case to start until the week of april 20 seconds. because of that delay, even if the supreme court decides this case incredibly quickly, this election interference case most likel