good evening once again, good to be back with you, i am stephanie ruhle. and tonight we are tracking important developments in several investigations into the former president, donald j trump. nbc news reports that fulton county, eight fani willis, it will begin choosing to grand jury s tomorrow. if we ll estates pursue charges against donald trump, these jurors will be the people signing off on them. meanwhile, special counsel jack smith wants to take the classified documents case to trial this december. both sides have agreed to a hearing next tuesday about handling evidence that was supposed to happen this friday. the judge has yet to give the okay. the timing of the trial is absolutely key, you know why, because we are just seven months out from the first presidential primaries. the judge knows that, if this trial does not occur by the end of this calendar year, that it is going to be right up in the grill of people deciding who the republican nominees for president sho
will begin choosing two grand jury s tomorrow. if we ll estates pursue charges against donald trump, these jurors will be the people signing off on them. meanwhile, special counsel jack smith wants to take the classified documents case to trial this december. both sides have agreed to a hearing next tuesday about handling evidence that was supposed to happen this friday. the judge has yet to give the okay. the timing of the trial is absolutely key, you know why, because we are just seven months out from the first presidential primaries. the judge knows that, if this trial does not occur by the end of this calendar year, that it is going to be right up in the grill of people deciding who the republican nominees for president should be and, right now, the favorite in fact is the defendant. the case is also the focus of a new political ad that started airing in the battleground states of arizona, georgia, and wisconsin. in it, former cia and nsa director michael haden is jus
get local council for his arraignment and now says that his other lawyer is not available to handle this classified information procedures act proceeding, that was getting put off until tuesday. and so we may continue to see this. in fact, one of the trump lawyers said they didn t want to even have the hearing in till after they had obtained their security clearances. the other lawyer for walt so i think that these are the tactics that one hopes that a judge would be very proactive, because, stephanie, it s not just the defendant who has a right to a speedy trial it s all that the public. this is why we see jack smith pushing very hard for a speedy trial. that takes me right to my next question. because donald trump s best defense seems to be delay, and there is a reason that he is doing that, because it has worked for him time and again. this judge, aileen cannon, has proven herself in the past to be an ally to donald trump. what responsibility does we
before the trial? well, the word that comes to mind is delay. it seems that already we are seeing walt not a play the role of the human brain delay. donald trump is showing up on time, but it is walt nauta who delayed for some three weeks to get local council for his arraignment and now says that his other lawyer is not available to handle this classified information procedures act proceeding, that was getting put off until tuesday. and so we may continue to see this. in fact, one of the trump lawyers said they didn t want to even have the hearing in till after they had obtained their security clearances. the other lawyer for walt nauta has not even completed the paperwork necessary to initiate the security clearance process. so i think that these are the tactics that one hopes that a judge would be very proactive, because, stephanie, it s not just the defendant who has a right to a speedy trial it s all that the public.