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To the hush money case, also working on the classified documents case in florida and also working on whatever happens in d.c. as it relates to his attempts to overturn the election. he has a full plate. two of those now have trial dates, which means you have motion practice and a lot to gear up to those. i think you might see more attorneys be added. we have seen another former federal prosecutor added to the team in recent days. i think we are watching for others as well. >> can i add a thought...

Manage this proceeding through important stages of discovery. theres a reference to the classified information procedures act there, and a then a motion practice and trial and does not see sufficient basis on this record to postpone entry of a scheduling order. nevertheless, the governments propszed schedule is atypically accelerated and inconsistent with ensuring a fair trial. so basically saying this wouldnt be enough time to prepare if the trial was set for december as the special counsel had...

Our allies would not want to have out or those who wish to do us harm would love to have. so think about all of that context of the evergreen nature of the material. we are not creating new defense plans and war plans every day. and they are mostly things that have already been decided. of course they will be renewed in some form or fashion. these are very sensitive materials. and so he is fatally undermining his own defense. i will be curious to see what his lawyers ultimately articulate in the...

Burden of trying to get a statement, an out of court statement made, right? whether it is about hearsay or nonhearsay. how it come in to support the underlying case. everything youve ever said in your entire life, every document you want to come in doesnt always come in. the judge has a lot of power trying to decide through the motion practice what will come in and not come in. so the sepa aspect, it is what the jury might actually see but as far as what trump himself as a defend has said, wont ...

Used to be. this is now his new campaign line, and what i think what its going to do is suck all the oxygen out of the other candidates who are going to be forced to talk about donald trump all the time instead of talking about the things they want to talk about, one of whom is joe biden and the way hes run this country. so, again, trump is kind of overtaking the entire republican contest, which is exactly not where republican candidates want to be. >> good point. george conway is with us as wel...

Guilt or innocence you have to examine the propriety of the government conduct in bringing the case. thats where a lot of the initial motion practice will focus on. >> brian: so you want to look at this and say is it right to flip your attorney to turn against their client, and you do agree with the judge who said it was okay, that corcoran was complicit, that was one. number two is, about this high classified material, you got to go ahead and say -- if theyre going to charge you with taking it,...

Places -- you know, hes there at the former club, or at his club tonight where we also know he took boxes of documents up to bedminster with him. when it comes to whats next and what a trial looks like here, how fast do you think we could see a trial potentially? >> in this case its not going to occur that quickly. in a regular case they move fast here in the southern district of florida. trial would be set in a couple of months, it would be perhaps continued a little bit. the case would be reso...

Theyre going to have to get over before you even get to the issue of guiltsu or innocence. you have to examine the propriety of the government, conduct in bringing the case. and thats where i think a lot of the initial motion practice is going to focus on. so you want to look at this and say, is it right to flip your attorney to turn against their client? and do you agreer cl with the jr that they said it was okay because they said the client, corcoran, was complicicot? abot that was one. number...

What a trial looks like here, how fast do you think we could see a trial, potentially? >> in this case, its not going to go that quickly. in a regular case, they move fast, here in the southern district of florida. trial would be set in a couple of months. it would be perhaps continued a little bit. case would be resolved in 6 to 9 months. but here, you have security clearances that are needed for his counsel. theyre going to have motion practice, youre gonna have motions that are undoubtedly go...

Witnesses were pressured. that you forced an attorney to turn on their client. that you have top secret documents that is defense if you are going to charge them with doing things that are irresponsible with these documents tell us what is in them which would make jack smith possibly pull them back is that a scenario you see? >> yeah. that can happen, brian. there is going to be a lot of constitutional motions. i dont know whether the defense will come in with the motions today or whether the ju...