just sit in there like a big, juicy happening now, breaking news the election subversion case against donald trump in georgia was just put on hold indefinitely. >> the state appeals court ordering the pause until it rules on the latest effort to get district attorney fani willis disqualified from the case also tonight, trump is renewing is threat to seek revenge for his criminal convic york, the former president turned felons, suggesting he may prosecute and even j hill his political opponents, if he returns to the white house, plus resident biden lands and france just ahead of the d-day anniversary, amy, to show global leadership and draw a stark contrast with trump, will the president's message gets through as the white house is rushing to dispute a new report about his mental fitness welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i will blitzer a year in this situation room the. skis, cnn breaking news first up tonight, the breaking news, donald trump scores to desperately needed wins in court is georgia trial now indefinitely on pause. >> as the judge overseeing his classified documents case in florida puts off key decisions and agrees to hold a highly unusual hearing on special counsel. jack smith's appointment. cnn's kaitlan, to lance, and cnn's zachary cohn are working. both of these stories from every angle. first to use zachary, does this ensure that the fulton county, georgia case will not happen before the election in november well, today's order makes it official that there is effectively zero chance that donald trump stands trial in georgia before the 2024 election. and look the changes that that happening. we're already slammed, but now this order today from the georgia court of appeals puts all work in the trial court overseen by judge scott mcafee on hold until this issue of whether or not fani willis should be disqualified is resolved by the appeals court. and we do expect a decision on that, won't be made until potentially march 2025. that's when potentially work could pick back up if fani willis is allowed to remain on this case. now, the da's office in georgia in fulton county can appeal this decision by the you it's cord. but the fact that they went explicitly issued this order today when judge scott mcafee had allowed work to continue already, pretty much makes the chances of them accepting an appeal from fani willis very unlikely. and what this does is it underscores how donald trump has really been successful recently and putting prosecutors on their back heels and he did so in georgia by really raising issues about fani willis is personal. life. remember that this whole disqualification issue rose out of allegations that she and her lead prosecutor, nathan wade, had an improper romantic relationship and that she benefited financially from that relationships. got mcafee said that there wasn't enough evidence to show a actual conflict of interest, but did really criticize fani willis in his order for two allowing donald trump and some of his co-defendants to appeal the decision, saying that there was the appearance of a complex. now, the appeals court in georgia will take this issue up, and i want to read trump's lead attorney in the georgia case, steve sadow wrote in reaction to today's order, he said, quote, the georgia court of appeals is properly stayed all proceedings against president trump in the trial court pending is decision on are interlocutory appeal, which argues the case should be dismissed and fulton county da fani willis should be disqualified for her misconduct. now, the da's office is not commenting on the order at this time, but we'll have to see how this does ultimately affect the future of the case. >> zachary cohen. thank you very much. i want to get to new developments right now in another trump case, the judge overseeing the former president classified documents trial is once again pushing off key decisions as she reshuffles the court schedule. let's get details from our senior crime and justice reporter, katelyn polantz, kaitlan. what's behind these changes? >> well, judge aileen cannon, she is reconfiguring that schedule for the late june hearings that she had said she was going to have four days of hearings. now, she's going to have three and they're gonna be different than what she wanted to do before part of this is because there's a lot to do. and judge cannon, it seems very wanting to have everything argued in person before her in that courtroom in fort pierce, florida. well, if that doesn't happen in every case, a lot of judges just make decisions based on legal arguments on the papers, but not judge cannon. what she's going to be doing at that three-day hearing stretching at the end of june, she's going to be hearing about a gag order prosecutors want to place on donald trump limiting his ability to speak about law enforcement while he awaits trial. she's also going to be hearing an a day and a half of arguments around the constitutionality of the special counsel's office, the office of the department that is prosecuting donald trump in this case. >> there are judges across the country have looked at those sorts of challenges. >> in other special counsel criminal cases, and they've waved them away very quickly. >> again, not judge cannon. she wants to have a de and a half hearing, and she also wants to hear from third parties. another really unusual thing, there is just so much to work through not just with that as that cohen was just just noting about georgia no trial date on the schedule there. and there is also not a trial date at this time on the calendar, and it is looking every week more and more unlikely, even impossible for the florida classified documents case against donald trump to go to trial in any months soon? is definitely not before the election because there is just so much the judge cannon still has to do lots of legal wins for the trump legal defense team right now, katelyn polantz. thank you very much. are legal and political experts are joining me now with some analysis and michael moore, let's talk to you first. trump's case in georgia now effectively frozen. as you know? but how significant is this yellow? >> i'm glad to be with all its significant, but i will say that i don't think it is completely unexpected. i mean, frack that the court of appeals looked at several things and they could have been thinking, well, you know, we've got an issue challenge in her qualification to stay on, so we've got to decide that. so there's no more damage done to the case. this could also with the result of the cross appeal that the de a file where she appeal the judge's ruling where he had dismissed certain counts of the indictment. the court of appeals may very well be thinking, look let's know what the actual trial is going to look like. so that if we decide that that needs to be addressed and we don't waste time and the trial court having motions that end up being irrelevant. if some of these caps don't remain the other thing is this is sort of following georgia supreme court precedent. there's a case out of the supreme court that essentially talks about staying these cases when there are challenges to the council and the qualifications of council the choice of councils. so this is not the first time it's not that unusual, but i do think it makes it very clear and it's sort of like white around me thinking that the captain, the cheerleaders asked me to your prompts, about it, just a friendly to tell you. this is not going to happen. well, let me just say this case is not going to happen before the election, and i think at this point, we just sort of accept that, but also not read a lot into the order from the the court because it is not the first time and this is this is typically how you would expect an appeals courts to handle the case. that is to stay the case so that no harb gums to it. there are no more complications as a result of things moving forward that might have to be redone should they decide that in fact, there were some impropriety or that the court order should have been reversed and that the da's there have been qualified michael moore, he knows the law in georgia. well kristen holmes, let me bring you into this conversation. i know you're in phoenix where trump is heading tomorrow to campaign. just how big of a when is this for trump? what are you hearing from his team about this? >> well, i heard from one senior adviser who said they were quote, unquote celebrating. another said they were thrilled as michael just stated, this wasn't that much of a surprise even to trump's team. >> they had long believed that this case was not going to happen or go to trial before that november election. >> but this really solidified that. now, remember, part their tactics have been delayed, delayed delay. they've tried to do that with all four of the cases that he was indicted on, obviously unsuccessfully in new york. but now with that, georgia case being pushed, they are also believing that that florida cases caitlin said will also be pushed beyond the election. the only one that could potentially happen before the november for election now, is that january 6 case in dc now they are hopeful they're optimistic that given the supreme court timing and their announcement on whether or not p has presidential immunity, that that will be late enough to push that again beyond the election are just a reminder you're part of the reason why those delay tactics are if he is pride or if that trials is supposed to happen after he is elected and force all of these are only wins of donald trump becomes the president. it would be hard to put a sitting president on trial in georgia. we also know that federally he could essentially get rid of those cases. so that's why they had those put those tactics in place in the first place. >> alyssa adaptations with us as well, former federal prosecutor, at least you think fani willis will ultimately get disqualified from this case? >> yeah. look, i don't think she will. i think it's important to note that the court of appeals is going to be bound by the trial level record. and remember, judge mcafee did a very good job allowing the defense to develop a very strong record and ultimately, the defense failed to meet their burden to demonstrate that da willis was either had to conflict of interest or had benefited from the appointment of nathan wade. so ultimately, i think in evaluating that transcript, the court of appeals will come to this same conclusion. i don't think there were any errors in judge mcafee is ruling that said, i also think it's important to note that this is a huge blow to fani willis very early on. this seem like the strongest case. they got some very early pleased kenneth chesebro, city pile to name two. and this case had a lot of momentum. and now it has been stopped in its tracks. so disqualified no off the track? yes. >> and that's an important point as well jim trusty, your former trump lawyer. let's talk a little bit about these two wins. these are major legal wins. how big of a when is this retro? >> well, i don't think either is all that shocking. i keep hearing people talking about delay tactics, delay tack this really the reaction i have is the ability of jack smith or fani willis or anybody else to accelerate these cases on an artificial schedule that's dictated by election is being denied. i think fani willis is in trouble most of the time in a conflict case, you don't say pick one and the conflict is solved. you have both people that were a party to the conflict removed. now, i think the judge i'm john, the lower court made some very genteel findings and those factual findings get a lot of respect on appeal so it is a crap shoot in terms of what happens on appeal. but i think there's a chance she gets recused and then there's georgia case law that says the office is recused. that effectively kills that case. >> yeah. was that was let's see if that happens michael moore on the classified documents case in florida, does judge cannon's handling of this case raise any questions for you she has delayed some rulings that i think could have been fairly simple, and i think you would have seen judges maybe who had had a little more experience on the bench, robot quickly or rule from the pleadings at the same time. >> i never reject a chance to get in front of a judge for a hearing. and so she's given the parties a chance to come in and argue the case has argue their points. and i think frankly that's a good thing. i also think this is not an ordinary case and we all want to say this being treated the same. the reality this is not the same thing. this is a former president and these kinds of charges are out here. so the fact that she's having going to have been h right here and she's allowance significant time for arguments. i think that's good. i do think some of the delay i don't think there's anything necessarily nefarious about it. i don't think she's holding back to do anybody any favors. i think it's just a complicated issue and she's got some some some learning on the bench, maybe to do as she goes on. but even the 11th circuit they're not going to disqualify off of the case. and so i think having the hearings is probably a good thing. it does drag it out, it make it st. very unlikely. that case moves forward before the election. and as we've reported many times, trump's team wanted to delay, delay, delay. they're getting these delays of very important decisions so far today, everyone thank you very much. still ahead. what donald trump is saying now about the possibility of jailing his political opponents if he were to win the white house again his allies also sending signals. they want revenge situation room with wolf blitzer. >> he's brought to you by progressive to save when you bundled motorcycle, rv and vote insurance visit progressive.com , you know, when 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in again today, just a short time ago, the former president and his acolytes seemed to be coalescing in an effort to seek retribution for that guilty verdict this was a rigged, disgraceful trial. >> the former president and his allies fuming over his felony conviction in the new york hush money trial are vowing legal revenge against his political opponents in an interview with newsmax, donald trump suggested that if he's reelected, he'd go after president biden and other democrats who he is as falsely blamed for a non-existent conspiracy against him. the trump believes resulted in his indictments in four criminal cases. >> it's a terrible, terrible past that they're leading us to add. it's very possible that it's going to have to happen to them a year ago, trump was more forceful explicitly laying out his plan to go after joe biden. >> i will appoint a real special prosecutor to go after the most corrupt president and the history of the united states of america, joe biden within hours of trump's conviction last week, his republican allies claimed worked for retaliation, including trump's former white house doctor and current congressman ronny jackson on newsmax. i am going to encourage all of my colleagues and everybody that i had any influence over as a member of congress to aggressively go after the president and his entire family senator marco rubio, a potential trump running mate, said this today. i'm calling for stronger response at every level. but once you cross these leinz, it's going to be hard to put the genie back in the bottle. >> but another trump ally, house speaker mike johnson, frames it this way. >> this is not retribution. this is about trying to reset the parameters into make the people trust or system again, how much power would trump have to actually do this if he's reelected and aggressive president could pick up the phone and call the attorney general and direct him to prosecute people. >> and as president trump did repeatedly call on the 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