end of his presidency. john: the case is likely to up end the 2024 residential race where trump remains the gop front-runner and says he is the victim of a political hit job by the biden justice department. sandra: fox team coverage begins now. bret baier and martha maccallum moments away with analysis, but jonathan serrie is live on the ground at the federal courthouse. what is the scene right now? more people are gathering and you can feel the anticipation of the former president about to arrive at the courthouse and we have learned more about the booking procedures. he will be digitally fingerprinted, no ink involved, and instead of taking a new photo of him, they are going to upload an existing photo, but they are still not going to release the existing photo to the media, and at no time will he be placed in any handcuffs. a more streamlined process for this former president of the united states. he tells radio host howie carr he plans to enter a not guilty plea, an
cards right. as andy just noted, even if the judge was inclined, you have to try to find a space between a rather crowded litigation docket. on top of that, you have a doj rule that says they are not supposed to take actions in court that influence election. the first election is in february, the first primary for the republicans, and usually you count back about 90 days from that, which puts you in november, and that just does not seem like in any realm of reality that that would take place. on top of that, while the special counsel invokes the speedy trial act, the speedy trial speedy trial protection of the constitution, and there s also an act that essentially establishes a 70 day period to bring a case to trial, that s a protection for the defense, not the prosecutor, and it is universally waived because the defense needs more time and so i