Today on inside politics, a burden of proof and politics. The trial against donald trump takes shape as a federal judge sets a date to decide when prosecutors will present their case. A timeline careening into a campaign. Now the former president issued a plea to the Supreme Court. Plus Kevin Mccarthy a auditions for supporting role in the trump defense. The House Speaker unloads an angry tirade over the special counsel indictment, Sidestepping The Former president ials election lies that led to a deadly attack on the capitol where Kevin Mccarthy serves. And made by bidenomics, new cnn reporting spotlights the strategy to make sure americans know their roads, dams and ports and jobs attached to them are thanks to joe biden. Im dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and inside politics. Up first, Donald Trumps anger and anxiety triggered by a looming trial for alleged election crimes. The former president s public posture is defiance. Today donald trump made a demand that the Supreme C
mounting legal troubles that he is facing. and you could see some of that yesterday. some of our great reporters, including those on your panel, were inside the courtroom and noted this he did appear somber, he did appear dejected. i also picked that up when you could see him speaking with reporters before beoarding his plane. he likes to normally be defiant when he s speak ing publicly. he likes to seem energized, even though we know he s very concerned and frustrated about these charges, but he didn t really give a lot of that off yesterday. and he is going to alabama tonight. he will be addressing republicans there. i do think he s going to try to go back to using the defiant rhetoric and the bravado he tries to use when he s talking to supporters. but it s starting to weigh on him. you re starting to see that bleed into the public a little bit more. i also just want to point to some things he s been say iing today on truth social. he s been railing against these