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In his third indictment. Then Police Identify another Murder Victim 27 years later in the Gilgo Beach Killings so why wasnt the Serial Killer charged in connection with her death. Plus back on the mat. Samone biles returns since the First Time Since the toke olympics. Could she be eyeing a comeback at next years games in paris . Welcome to the lead. Im Bianna Golodryga in for jake tapper. We start with the Law And Justice lead and the aftershocks of Donald Trumps third arraignment. Today the former president called on the Supreme Court to get involved in the case. It is not clear exactly what mr. Trump is asking the high court to do. But the former president claims that the charges against him are, quote, election interference. Trump pleading not guilty yesterday inside of a washington, d. C. Courtroom. And his next hearing is scheduled for august 28th. Lets get straight to cnn just justice correspondent Jessica Schneider with more on this. Lets start with the new trump request. Is this something that the Supreme Court could even get involved in . At this point it just does appear to be political bluster because we havent seen any court filings, nothing before the Supreme Court. However, in the future here, it is possible and quite likely that will we will see challenges in either of the cases. The 2020 election case from yesterday or the classified Documents Case down in florida. Challenges to those could make their way to the Supreme Court. Also, of note here is the fact that trumps track record at the Supreme Court when it comes to the 2020 election case mrs. General, it is not good. The Supreme Court has either rejected or refused to even consider every election challenge that he or his allies brought around the 2020 election. And all of that, bianna, despite the fact that three of the nine justices are, in fact, trump nominees. Not a good track record for the former president. You say just bluster. The next hearing is set for august 28th, about you what else do you know about how quickly the actual trial could start. The Special Counsel team pushing for a quick trial. And the judge today said that prosecutors have to submit their recommendations toer a trial start date by next week, august 10th. After that trumps legal team will have seven days to respond. Now trumps team, theyre already talking about the enormity of the evidence in this case and how theyre really going to resist doing anythi quickly. In court yesterday we saw trumps lawyer john lauro putting it this way to the judge, obviously the United States has had three a a half years to investigate this matter and also there are a number of al agents and lawyers assisting the government and we would ask for the time to fairly defend our client. What is interesting, is the speedy trial act, it does say that trial should happen 70 days after a defendant first appears in court. That 70day clock started yesterday. But were expecting trumps attorneys could motion to push that trial date out farther. Theyre going to follow the playbook of delay, delay, likely. Jessica, thank you. Well federal courts do not let cameras into the courtroom but Congressional Democrats are asking for trumps trial to be televised. Tell us more about that. Yeah. Bianna, more than 3 dozen democrats, have sent this letter to the administrator of federal courts and asking for the exception to the rule be made. They want cameras in the court for any trial of donald trump. So democrats in this letter, theyre citing the historic nature of both of the cases and saying if the public is to fully accept the outcome, it will be vitally ant for it to be witnessed as directly as possible. How the trials were conducted and the strength of the evident introduced and the credibility of the witnesses. But i will note, bianna, for years people have been arguing to have cameras in both federal court all the way up to the Supreme Court. Theyve never been successful. So it is unlikely well see cameras in the court. But at least democrats are trying. Even if it involved a former president which is justice thank you. Ed. Well we just discussed the potential times for trumps trial in the january 6 investigation. But his current president ial bid is looming large over multiple criminal investigations into his Political Activities and business. Trumps legal team is pushing to delay his trials as long as possible which ultimately will impact what you know or dont know before casting a vote for president. So we want to walk you through where each case stands right now and what comes next. The Special Counsel is leading another federal investigation into trump. This one related to his handling of sve Government Documents he took to maralago when he left office. Noa federal grand jury in miami charged trump with 37 criminal counts in june including stction. On july 27th, three w charges were announced against trump. Judge in this case had set a trial date f may 20th of 2024. That is after mosts have held their republican primaries and two months before the Republican National convention where trump is likely to be the partys frontrunner. Then there is the manhattan Criminal Case related Hush Money Payments to cover up sex scandal during the 2016 president ial campaign. Trump in april w charged about 34 counts of Fsifying Trump Business Records related to reimbursing his for pages made to stormy daniels, an adult Film Producer and actress. A judge scheduled the trial to begin in new York State Court on march 25th, 2024. That is in the midst of the republican primary. And then dont forget georgia. Where Fulton County District Attorney fani willis is expected to bring charges this month in her investigation into trumps efforts to over turn the 2020 election in that state. Now that weve gone through that. Lets discuss the latest indictment right now with former Trump White House lawyer jim schultz and tom dupree, the former principal attorney general under president george w. Bush. Gentlemen, thank you both for joining me today. Tom, lets begin with you. It is clear that theyre testing multiple strategies including pushing for a later trial. John laura renkss a massive amount of discovery in the case and said well have to go through information for us to properly address when a trial date should be set. So how does the judge weigh the need for trumps team to prepare with the prosecutions desire for a speedy trial . Yeah, it is a difficult question. You have to balance those two interests and then you also have to take into account the rapidly approaching election date. So there is a whole multiplicity of considerations the judge will have to weigh and consider. And think the trump team, they have a decent argument that they do need time to prepare for this case. It is a very complicated case and the Justice Department has been conducting this investigation for several years and of course the president or former president is also going to be defending concurrently multiple other criminal trials as well as a host of civil trials. So under all of those circumstances, i think that whether he could persuade this judge to be beyond the election and i think it is a close one for the judge to resolve. Most legal experts that ive heard said that the likelihood that the trial begins in the next 70 days is slim it none. But you do hear from trumps team saying theyve had three and a half years to put this together and to work on this investigation. But when you look at timing, jack smith was just appointed by the attorney gem last november. That is not the case. They didnt have three and a half years here. Jack smith is a new comer. But i think certainly the special Counsel Office benefits from the investigation that the select committee carried out. So i think from the defenses perspective, theyve been under investigation for a very long time. The other thing i note, bianna, is that jack smith did a good job in doing this best to try to streamline this complaint to get it on a rocket docket, to get this thing tried sooner rather than later by charging only president , not charging the other alleged coconspirators and doing his best to slim down what is a very complicated case to get this on a fast track. Jim, the federal judge who will provide over the case, judge Tanya Chutkan intends to set a trial date on august 28th. What do you expect the trump team to do if that date is set before the election or before the Republican Convention . I think it is likely that it does get set before the Republican Convention. That being said, that doesnt mean that it is going to be tried before the Republican Convention. Shes going to set a Discovery Schedule. And shes going to set a Discovery Schedule where documents from the government have to be turned over, the defense is going to want to subpoena the january 6 commission to see if there is anything exculpatory there and look at the grand jury testimony which is something that doesnt happen but in this case because of the unique charges, they might want to look into whether it was charged appropriately. So there is a number of disc discovery requests that will happen and that will take several months and then shell set a Motion Schedule that will also include pretrial motions, motions to dismiss, motions for discovery, motions to change venue, all of those things are kind of coming into play. If you see a First Amendment challenge, youll see it will and i think this judge will want to be thoughtful and right on some of the issues because they are unique charges that havent really been tested. So shes going to want to write a bit on those. So that could take some time as well. So i think youre looking at the spring. I do think there is maybe a better chance that this case gets done before the Documents Case because he doan have the classified documents issues in motions like that. Ive heard others say it may happen before the Documents Case. Tom, quickly to you, there is the issue of Jury Selection and trumps team is saying he cant get a fair trial in d. C. And arguing it should be moved to west virginia. Im not going to ask you about the likelihood of that happening. But what is the likelihood that you have a jury in washington, d. C. That is somehow unaware of everything that transpired at that on that day and would that make them bias in some point . Well, i think the likelihood of finding people unaware of what transpired on january 6 is remote to zero. That said, the test really is whether or not people notwithstanding whatever knowledge they have of january 6, could nonetheless remain impartial and i think that is an easier bar to clear. I think both sides, particularly the defense side will want to focus on examining jurors where you have a chance to question potential jurors to see if they could be independent and approach the facts neutrally. That is where the defense will have to focus rather than trying to get this case transferred. Well have to leave it there. Thank you so much for joining me. Have a great weekend. Thank you. Welcome coming up, the mystery of the Murder Victims found at gilgo beach. No new charges yet but well tell you why. Plus the moment a Ukrainian Drone hits a russian warship. Well explain the startling moment in the black sea, up next. From the worlds finest ingredients. And d now, from jars to bars. New Talenti Gelato and Sorbetetto Mini bars. Like ours is spoiling their dogs. Good, real food is sple. It looks like food, it smells like food, its what dogs are supposed to be eating. No living being shld ever eat processed food for every single meal of their life. 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But just is illusive as police announced no new charges in her death. She was a 34yearold new york City Resident when she disappeared in 1996. One of the 11 victims whose remained were found scattered across the south shore between 2010 and 2011. Lets go to Miguel Marquez on this. Rex heuermann was charged last week with murder in connection to three Gilgo Beach Victims but as of now, police are not linking him to the killing of Karen Vergata . They are not. But theyre not ruling him out either. They held a very short Press Conference out in long island today to say that they have identified this woman. They identified her sometime ago. She went missing on valentines day, back in 1996. Later that month, part of her body, her legs an her feet specifically washed up in fire island, not too far from gilgo beach. But it wasnt until 2011 that they found part of a skull on gilgo beach and through forensics an dna they were able to map the two sets of remains and they figured out who she was about a year ago but did not release that information because at the time they were investigating rex heuermann. This leaves open some possibilities. That perhaps mr. Heuermann will eventually be charged in this crime. Remember, the investigators went meticulously through his house out on long island for about 12 days, become two weeks using Ground Penetrating radar, digging into his backyard and just taking out reams an reams of evidence from his home there. And it is possible that they will charge him. Or that there is another killer or killers out there. Because, remember, in all, there were 11 sets of remains out there. There have been charged in three of them and mr. Heuermann is the lead suspect in a fourth. But these others are still a mystery. Bianna. Still notable that this victim has finally been identified. As we noted, miguel, it is more than a decade since the discovery of these 11 victims. There are still three that are still unidentified nnd an arrest was only made last month. So why did it take so long to see any sort of movement in this case . This is a big question. And everybody on long island has an idea of it. It wasnt until they established a new d. A. And new authorities in Suffolk County specifically that came in and opened this and started using dna evidence and Reloo Relooking at the case and that all allowed them to get to where they are. So they hope theyll be able to find the killers of all of the others, bianna. Thank you. You got it. Well ahead, russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny Defiant In Court facing a new prison sentence. He said hes willing to pay the price. Well tell you just how high that price is. Now is the time to partner with our experts. S. Get started today with verizon business. 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