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Point. everyone else had dropped out. he might be the presumptive nominee by this point. thats probably why jack smith wanted the trial to happen in december of this year with a verdict coming before any ballots are cast with the iowa caucuses in january. thats not going to happen, but trump didnt get what he wanted either, at least not at this moment. he wanted to kick this beyond the entire election cycle after the election. for the moment, the trial is scheduled for may, but its possible with...

Something else to know about that may 20 start date, the country will likely know or be knowing -- the name of the republicans nominee for president. and in addition to the classified documents and i, turned her target letter on the 2020 election interference, trump is also facing charges for hush money payments in manhattan, and a decision on charges in the election interference case in georgia could come next month. that matt, remembers got a graphic on the screen, yall. -- it would be a momen...

That information, then she can put a date on the calendar. >> paula, stay with us. lets bring in now senior cnn crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz, cnn political analyst, maggie haberman and katie teraski. there are three potentia statutes, it looks like, tt may be used against trum this election interference case. can you tell us about what we know now? >> reporter: yeah. so, abby, when ever a subject gets a target letter, so the justice department basically is telling them you might be...

Send a target letter saying were possibly going to indict you. we need you to come in and testify now and give your version of the story. thats what a target letter is in this instance is coming right in the middle of a cycle when it best suits donald trump to go for that last resort of, hey, its all political. its all to get you through getting me. >> he is nothing if not consistent in that messaging. so glenn, were also getting in details that former arizona governor doug ducey is cooperating ...

>> much sharper contrast if its governor desantis. >> good point, evan. people who we know are going to get in the race havent gotten in the race yet. >> thats why the white house wants the republican nominee to be trump. that and for many other reasons. evan, thank you for that insight this morning. of course well continue to follow this announcement throughout the day. ahead in our 7:00 hour, we are going to be joined by republican presidential candidate, not former president trump but asa h...

>> yes. >> exactly in georgia, that d.a. hasnt presented that case to grand jury yet, thats an election interference case. one could argue he has a pattern of trying to do that certainly, this case, you know, proceeds the georgia case. it was at the beginning of his election and then he ended it with allegedly trying to undermine the georgia election, so >> yeah, definitely a pattern there. dave, youre an active prosecutor right now for palm beach county where the defendant resides in the new yo...

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Promises. >> jesse: you cant ignore trump forever. eventually desantis have to go face-to-face on the debate stage with him. thats the moment thats going to define desantis. the first 30 minutes of the debate will tell us if desantis has a shot. if the florida governor can land a big shot early in that debate, its game on. not enough for him to sit there and weather the blows. he needs to come out big and draw blood. show that he has got what it takes. its got to be real, too. it cant be prepack...

January 6th attacks and the election interference case. a long-time trump accountant said he reported losses every year from 2011 to 2018. that accountant said he advised them to make sure trump was squeaky clean after he became president. >> there are skeptical arguments from the trump legal team about why the search of mar-a-lago required a so-called special master to review the documents. >> reporter: this is the first big test for newly appointed special counsel jack smith. he was not phys...