All he wanted to do was impede a process thats, well, its stated there in the constitution. Thats all he wanted. Like a bank robber, all i wanted to do was rob a bank. Take all the money. This is exactly what he is charged for, and he admitted it. Yeah. You know, watching mr. Lauro and political defenders like Lindsey Graham, well talk about him in a minute, attempt to defend donald trump over the last couple days, its clear they dont have a lot to work with. Mr. Lauro is a real attorney, unlike some of the other attorneys trump had around him. He was a prosecutor. If he cant seem to come up with a cogent theory of the case of why donald trump was acting legally around the 2020 election in the days leading up to january 6th, because the evidence in the indictment, the allegations in that indictment are so overwhelming, theyre Hopscotching Around, hoping to find something. Nothing is hitting yet. Well, of course, theyre not going to find anything legally because theyre boxed in legal le
and we ve talked about this before, in this long, slow process of confessing in public. much of the case against him comes out of his own mouth. ken dilanian, give us a timeframe. what s your best guess from reporting and also people you talked to yesterday at the courthouse and throughout the day, of the timeframe for this trial? when do we expect this trial to begin? joe, it was very clear from that arraignment that this judge, chutkan, wants to get this to trial, as does prosecutor jack smith, and the trump side strategy is going to be delay, delay. there were three dates for the next hearing, august 21st, august 22nd and august 28th. jack smith s team said we want the soonest date available, please, your honor. of course, donald trump s lawyer said, we d like august 28th. he won the day because the