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Walk us through this very crowded calendar, ken. >> yeah, at this point, chris, donald trump's most important legal strategy is to seek delays in all of these cases any way he can because if he's elected president, it's possible that none of them can move forward. he could order his justice department to drop the federal cases, and it's official doj policy that a sitting president can't be prosecuted and that would include state cases. in the atlanta case, he's making clear that he will try to slow things down. his lawyer filed a motion telling the judge that mr. trump wants no part of the bid...

Hawaii electric company, accusing them of starting those deadly wildfires. the company already faces numerous negligence lawsuits, but this is the first to say that their utility wires caused that blaze. nbc's steve patterson is on the ground there. what more can you tell us? >> just that, chris, that their utility caused that fire, that it was the significant wind event and messages that were ignored about the possibility of maybe deenergizing those lines that came down in the wind, in dry brush, all of this was stated by the national weather service. it was really bad weather for fire, and c...

The ex-doj official who allegedly helped trump spread his conspiracy theories. and some house republicans fighting back, the investigation they have launched into the fulton county d.a., accusing her of leading a politically motivated case. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. let's begin with nbc's gabe gutierrez outside the fulton county jail. what is the former president saying about his experience there? >> reporter: hi there, chris, good afternoon, former president trump calling it a sad day for america. and his supporters are already trying to fund raise...

Interests from where the trial takes place to the timing of it. kenneth chesebro, he requested an expedited trial. one that would happen sooner rather than later, and the judge approved and said his trial will start in october 23rd. donald trump, on the other hand, is saying that he doesn't want his trial to start until after the 2024 election. there's a lot of question marks because still, the district attorney has requested each of their trials to take place at the same time. we're talking about defendants who went through the booking process with clearly differing interests, chris. >> vaugh...

Investigators. in a letter daylighted yesterday, jim jordan asks d.a. fani willis to turn over three categories of things, the first is all documents and communications relating to her office's receipt and use of federal funds, second, documents and communities between her d.a. office and the justice department including special counsel jack smith whose investigation overlaps with hers, and the third is communications her office has had with any federal executive branch officials. jordan's five-page letter doesn't cite evidence of foul play but it does have insinuations. here's one of them, jo...