>> i think in ordinary circumstances, it would be his chief of staff who had the responsibility to convey the message to the white house. but also to others in the chain of command. in this case, i guess she was not capable at all of doing so. the question is who else within his inner sanction was able to do that? i do not think all the details have come out. when you lay out the timeline, somebody informed the chairman of the joint chief of staff on january 2nd. why didn't that same person inform the deputy secretary of defense who is the second in command, who should have known because chain of control. it calls into some question about the relationship and who did what. who was in power, not empowered to make notifications. >> is the protocol clear? is it pretty clear here? >> it was during my tenure.
the federal government has a very limited role in the oversight of state elections and even federal elections which are conducted by the states. our actual federal election system is actually conducted, for the most part, by state officials. electronic voting systems. it is laughable in its face but it is, nonetheless, a novel argument. >> we have seen him use this time and time again. until he can't use it, he seems to want to use it. is it a delay tactic? >> i think it is partially a delay tactic. it is partially an opportunity to advance an argument that since it hasn't been rejected, theoretical cancer can be accepted. i also think, you mentioned a moment ago. this case is before the federal
supreme court takes the case or whether they let the ruling stand by the d.c. circuit court of appeals. if they don't take the case at all, this would be a case we call persuasive authority for a court in georgia. in other words, the court in georgia would look at what the judges in d.c. decided that they would not be bound by what they decided. if the supreme court ultimately takes the issue, that might add a couple months to the schedule, if not more, but when the supreme court comes out with the ruling, there will be portions of that ruling controlling. >> renato, great to have you. thank you so much. >> miseries publican secretary of state is threatening to take resident biden off the states 2024 presidential ballot as payback for maine and colorado's ruling that donald trump's actions leading up to the capitol hill insurrection disqualify him from the primary
this is a mistake. whether the mistake was made by the airline and they didn't power down or the mistake was made by the ntsb who powered it up and had it powered when they started their investigation, that remains to be seen. the critical information was lost but in this case, you can make up for that loss because can tell you what happened. it was a mistake. fortunate that no one was hurt. i appreciate your perspective, thanks. >> thank you. still to come. former president donald trump says he is protected under presidential immunity. he wants a criminal conspiracy case against him in fulton county, georgia thrown out. does his you have any lugs? were going to discuss from a former federal prosecutor. miseries secretary of state threatening to kick resident biden off the ballot there as
court of appeals and the district of columbia right now. the georgia courts, of course, are in a different system. you might be open for some consistency that could be open or get this case at the supreme court. that is really what i imagine is on his mind right now. >> tomorrow in federal case against trump, the d.c. appeals court is going to be appealing arguments about the same question, as i mentioned. as you said goes all the way to the supreme court but how do you expect the federal ruling will affect the georgia state case? how quickly? >> i think there's going to be a federal ruling very quickly. the d.c. circuit court of appeals has a very expedited schedule. because there is a trial in the district of columbia right now that is on hold, a case that is on hold. there is a question whether the