america versus donald j trump. counsel, please approach the electorate and state your appearance for the record. miss casten, the prosecutor, good morning your honor. molly casten for the united states, along with thomas would head. the judge, good morning. the defense lawyer, good morning your honor, john laurel on behalf of president trump. with me, is my partner greg singer, and tom gladu. notice the appearance as well. as co-counsel for trump as well. >> the judge, good morning for. everyone we are here for a hearing regarding the parties proposed trial dates. this was the hearing for today. in federal court, in d.c.. to set a date for the trial of donald trump in one of the for criminal trials that he is currently facing. this is the case about him trying to falsify the election results. it is 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 have already made to the court in print. that trump's trial, his federal