she is the one i would have to make the decision. the department of justice has internal guidelines on what they can take over investigative steps or commence a prosecution in time of the election but those are guidelines and more importantly, they don't apply to judges themselves. does she have enough time for pretrial proceedings to have this trial in a way that does not interfere with the former presidents speech rights or other rights as a candidate. i will say that courts thus far have not been very amenable to the argument. means that we have to be able to stay out of court. was not at all sympathetic to that argument when one of the lawyers argued this case should not go forward now at all because it interfered with his ability to campaign. times it should be on the trail.