my office will seek a speedy trial in this matter, consistent with the public interest and the rights of the accused. trump on trial in august? the first court date is officially set, and it is just eight weeks away. tonight, what it all means for the possibility of a trial before the election and, the motives of the trump appointed judge in charge of it. then after a five year investigation by a trump appointed prosecutor, hunter biden strikes a deal. if trump cooperated with the justice department he might have avoided the situation he is in right now. he chose not to, because he s arrogant and does not care about the law. plus, the impact of the indictment on the polls, and the inability of the republican front runner to just stop talking. you lost the 2020 election but when all in it starts right now good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. and we have an initial trial date in the trump florida documents case. just one week after donald tru
my office will seek a speedy trial in this matter, consistent with the public interest and the rights of the accused. trump on trial in august? the first court date is officially set, and it is just eight weeks away. tonight, what it all means for the possibility of a trial before the election and, the motives of the trump appointed judge in charge of it. then after a five year investigation by a trump appointed prosecutor, hunter unlikely that the august 14th start date, the one that is two months from today, will hold. it s fairly common practice for a judge to set an early start date as a sort of benchmark, only to see the trial slip further and further down the calendar. the prosecution needs time to prepare its arguments, and trump s lawyers deserve time to mount a reasonable defense of their client. the defense has not yet received, for instance, the classified evidence as part of the discovery process, something which, on its own, could had significant
outfront next, the trump pinted judge making her first ruling in the classified documents case. is it a sign she s not stepping aside? new details about the judge. why a case she s working on now could shed light on how she ll rule in trump s case. plus, a graveyard of russian missiles. ukrainians utilizing putin s deadliest weapons. what they found may surprise you. a special report. and where is melania and ivanka and the family? trump s 2024 campaign is anything but a family affair. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. no recusal. the judge who was appointed by trump and is presiding over the classified documents case issuing her first order. a sign she has no plans to heed the calls to recuse herself. ordering both parties to start the process of obtaining security clearances for their lawyers by tomorrow. it comes as there are mounting questions about her record in past cases. the judge, who was piappointed 2020, has little experience in oversee
coup talks to the grand jury. he knows it s over. he knows he lost. but we are going to keep trying. there s some good options out there still. tonight, new reporting that mark meadows has testified on mar-a-lago and january 6th. plus recently departed trump attorney on the indictment watch for his former client. then, congressman daniel goldman, on another mega stump backfire. this is corruption on a stale we ve never seen in the history of our country. plus, did the saudi government essentially by american golf? what they are doing for the players is so great. the salaries are gonna go way up. outrage and allegations of sports washing, as the pga merges with liv golf. if you are someone who believes that morality shouldn t be in sports, maybe this is a great day for you. and did the republican primary finally find a candidate willing to campaign against the front runner? a lonely, self consumed, self serving mirror hague. it is not a leader. all in starts
and it is one to say, it s always been a pleasure to share these comments with you every night. i always learn from you, but i ve really come to enjoy our sunday night handovers. so, it will be the last one between the two of us, but i m sure we will come up with something as exciting as for our viewers in the weeks and months ahead. i ve loved every single one except for the one where you made me because of france. well listen, we ll come up with something, and who knows ahead of the next, maybe we ll find something else that we can put a non-, a non-friendly wager, we will see. anyway my friend, good to see you as always, great show. tonight on ayman, major developments in january 6th cases, including how the special counsel plans to use donald trump cell phone data from his time as president at trial. plus, fighting for their lives. the devastating impact of gop restrictions on abortion, and at the presidential candidates that do not seem to care. and then, brazen