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Also, what about the january 2nd trial date that the special counsel has asked for, wishful thinking, beginning of a negotiation? >> by all objective standards that would be a speedy trial, indeed, but they are saying that is the date they need to serve the public interest, to have a speedy resolution tocase. they say it will take about these are the first two months at a time when primary voting for republicans gets underway, and if the trial was to be at this time, i mean, this would mean that candidate trump would be spending most of his weekdays inside a courtroom. now, defense attorneys a...

Chutkan, she is an obama appointee, she's been on the bench for a decade and overseen dozens of january 6th cases. both sides will have the opportunity to present their arguments for how they think the most sensitive evidence should be handled as it is shared between prosecutors and defense attorneys leading up to a trial. just yesterday prosecutors said that they believe this trial should start on january 2nd, 2024. john, by any objective measure that's a pretty quick timeline for a case like this. prosecutors say it's in the public interest to move this case along quickly. defense attorneys ...

About that on august 28th. that's the first real conference in the case. >> i imagine we're not going to hear a second before that deadline date from the trump team, given that they appear to be wanting to push this down the line as much as we can. >> we see, delay, delay, delay, is their motus. let's talk about south florida, the pleadings, why was only one of the coconspirators able to plead. nauta pleaded, the other gentleman did not. >> it's ground hog's day, everybody in the case has to retain local counsel as well as their chosen counsel. they need a south florida lawyer, somebody who's ...

Time here because it's taken a couple of days although she's not postponed the hearing date which was august 28th. what's your take on this, paul, as a constitutional lawyer, law professor and former prosecutor? >> yeah, a criminal prosecutor has the right to the see the evidence against them. it's very common in these cases for a judge to restrict how the defendant can use the evidence. we're going to see a lot more of these dustups. what's really revealing is the dispatch with which judge cannon files the motion on friday. on saturday, judge chutkan orders trump's team to respond. they have ...

First amendment. here he is. >> you're saying that asking is action. no, asking is aspirational. asking is not action, it's core free speech. what president trump did not do is direct vice president pence to do anything. he asked him in an aspirational way. asking is covered by the first amendment. >> reporter: so, john, we are seeing trump's legal team come out in full force here, both on the airwaves, we're going to see a lot of court filings in the coming days and all as we head toward that next hearing in this case scheduled here in washington for august 28th. a lot to come. >> a lot to co...