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our calendars. yes ought to use a pencil, not a pen. its monday, august 14th, its a little less than two months from right now, and that is the day that judge aileen cannon has set for the trial of donald j. trump in the case having to do with classified documents, the legally and dangerously -- illegally and dangerously kept by him at a mar-a-lago. relatively speaking, thats soon, perhaps surprising given judge cannons history of rulings considering to be favor to believe the disgrace...

Conviction? im of the theory ive shared with you before, there is not a trial until after the republican primary is likely decided, which would be arguably march 19th coming out of florida. well have a good idea if its donald trump, ron desantis, or somebody else. if donald trump indeed has secured the nomination, that makes the question in front of the nation next summer going into the fall one of enormous gravity and of great consequence. do we elevate donald trump or not. >> you know, claire,...

I also want to read this to you. one person familiar with the department of justices new interest in the case said it felt as though the department was reacting to the house committees work as well as heightened media coverage and commentary. quote, only after they were embarrassed did they start looking, the person said. whats your reaction to that? >> yeah, nicolle, it is -- it was clear to us all along that we were getting there first. right, so when we interviewed really important witnesses ...

The organizers, leaders who set it all in motion, who executed that multi-part plan to interrupt the session was not an area of focus. again, the delay -- every day that passes after an event like january 6th without accountability is a problem. its in the collective interest and in prosecutors interest to move expeditiously. cases dont get better over time. they get worse. its not a question its not a good thing for america or the case. i dont know why the delay was there beyond what ive read i...

Theres no question that jack smith similarly will pull out other statements that he has made about the integrity of the election, about secretary clintons refusal to concede and what a threat to this country that was or how long that was. i am certain there are a lot of prior statements of the president that will bear upon his knowledge and understanding of the process that may very well be germane to a jan 6 indictment. >> do you think its worth trying to understand what this delay is about? im...

Brought against trump. what price do we pay as a country for that? >> its a good question. whenever consideration of possible reaction political or otherwise enters into decisions made by prosecutors in either direction, its a problem. right, it would be a big problem if prosecutors said we need to make sure donald trumps never president again so we need to investigate it. similarly big problem if -- and im not saying this is true, but if its true that the decision was, ooh, it might look politi...