Trump's Legal Defense in the Mar-a-Lago Case Is Crumbling
The former president’s hoarding of classified documents is the least complicated of his scandals—and it’s also proving the hardest to dodge.
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The former president’s hoarding of classified documents is the least complicated of his scandals—and it’s also proving the hardest to dodge.
Will be from the federal court today about this appeal to delay, delay, delay? >> yeah, this filing that the trump team made last night is like the prototype, what's the first item on the checklist, make sure you ask for delay, and sure enough, there it is. the government proposes one schedule, even the judge's own draft plan proposes another and the first thing they say out of the gate is, whoa, whoa, whoa, the schedule you proposed is way too fast. the only person bound by the schedule is the judge himself. you don't need to have this wrapped up by october. let's take our time, be realistic....
The party's draft plan, this is how we're going to go about this. and the document that's the trump team filed a few hours ago, we have to look at what documents donald trump declassified. there will be a later time when we'll do that. that is conspicuous. it is, why are they being so wishy washy about that you cannot lie to the court. if you believe that your client did not declassify documents, you cannot say that at the declassified documents. they'll have to continue at the hearing. >> john, do you think that the
Judge Dearie demands receipts on the documents Team Trump claimed he "declassified." Uh oh.
Did you ever have to make up your mind?