Most of us have no idea what it s like to defend themselves in one white collar complex criminal trial, let alone four. it requires mental energy, attention, and that s what is going to be demanded of donald trump and his attorneys, even as he is running for president. mental energy, as well as staying in washington instead of being on the trail. ken dilanian, glenn kirschner, thanks to you. after a short break, we re going to talk about the other big case from washington to atlanta. the latest on the other major court case, this one involving donald trump s former chief of staff, mark meadows, and the efforts to overturn the 2020 election. that s next when andrea mitchell reports is back in 60 seconds on msnbc. that s why they choose t-mobile for business. mlb partners with t-mobile to not only enhance the fan experience, but to advance how the game is played. aaa relies on t-mobile s network
Recitation of how much discovery has already been provided by the prosecutors, and we learned today that discovery is complete, the fifth batch, the final batch has already been delivered to the defense. the prosecutors talked about how they organized it, how they did keys so that the defense teams would know exactly where to look, how these were searchable records that were provided by the government. and then the lead defense counsel sort of stood up, he started loud, and he only got louder. now, he was passionately arguing that he and his team need more time to prepare than the january 2nd proposed trial date from jack smith and his team. but the judge had to twice tell him to take the temperature down. that s a quote. and he did, to his credit. but she continued to ask him, please provide me with an alternative, a more realistic proposed trial date. he refused to do it, and i think
Knows his client, perhaps, and in this case the judge is more important than the client. reporter: agreed, andrea. and i think what we re seeing here is sort of the collision between this bombastic approach to the practice of law and the realities of the courtroom, where the rules and the evidence matter. and so we ve been wondering how this is going to work. how does somebody run for president when they re under four criminal indictments and they re going to have to be juggling the schedules, when they re going to be sitting in a courtroom for weeks and weeks? that s starting to dawn now on everyone, i would assume, including the trump campaign, that this is a reality that they re not going to be able to escape from. whether this holds, it s going to be at some point during the presidential campaign that donald trump is going to have to be sitting, and this trial is going to take many, many weeks. it s a complicated endeavor.
On andrea mitchell reports, the special council overseeing donald trump s case, ordering a trial date. in atlanta, former trump chief of staff, mark meadows, is on the stand trying to move his trial from state to federal court, where there would be no cameras and he might find a more favorable jury. and new information today from a security guard at a historically black college in jacksonville, in florida, where the shooter stopped briefly just before killing three black people at a nearby dollar general. the racist rampage in jacksonville coming as family and friends marked the historic march on washington 60 years ago, and i ll speak to martin luther king jr. s close friend and adviser, clarence jones.
I m andrea mitchell in washington where a federal judge has set a trial date for one of the criminal cases facing donald trump, jack smith s election interference case will begin march 4th of next year. that puts it smack in the middle of the 2024 political calendar, just a day before super tuesday. judge chutkan telling the two sides at one point to take the temperature down, as things got really heated in court. the trump attorney arguing president trump is entitled to a fair trial, this is a request for a speedy trial. setting a trial date does not depend and should 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. joining me, justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian outside the d.c.