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23-257, united states of america versus donald j. trump. counsel, please approach the lectern and state your appearance for the record. ms. gaston, the prosecutor. good morning, your honor. molly gaston for the united states along with thomas windom. the judge, good morning. mr. laurel the defense lawyer. good morning, your honor. john laurel on behalf of president trump. with me is my partner greg singer and tom blanche who has noticed an appearance as well as cocounsel for president trump. the judge, all right. good morning, everyone. we are here for a hearing regarding the parties' proposed...

I want to go right back to jessica schneider. jessica. >> trump's attorney, abby, is telling the judge that six months is just too fast for him to provide proper representation for the former president. the judge though, essentially scolded that attorney, john laurel for not doing more to prepare when trump's team knew the special counsel was investigating and knew there was an indictment likely coming. so, the trial start date is set for march 4th 2024. prosecutors are saying, they've already handed over nearly 13 million pages of documents, but also saying that trump's team should be familia...

Current plan is mr. trump and all defendants will receive mug shots as they would handle any other defendant. fulton county jail right now is being investigated by the justice department, they are investigating the conditions there after the death of an inmate and so there is obviously negotiations, especially in mr. trump's case with the secret service. we'll see if he is booked for the traditional process. >> steve: we will indeed. thank you very much. dial in former acting attorney general under donald trump, mat matthew. matthew, a couple weeks ago john laurel said i would like to see this...

Does, his m.o., which is intimidation and fear which he is doing for obvious reasons. >> you know, harry litman, the the comparisons to a mobster could be overraut. but in terms of this friction in a target, in this case indicted again, a charge target, and the system, i don't know if there is any more apt comparison and i wonder what you're watching? >> there is no more apt comparison. but andrew's point is one of welter of different issues where you read the letters of the law and the letter of the law points strongly against him, burdens of proof, it sounds legally archaic, but think of bei...

Know he doesn't want is this trial will happen in an expeditious timeline. >> i had the axiom thought when i saw. that was the one thing they care about? it was another moment that underlies, we all know the score here. but judge does, jackson's office dies, everyone thought, they don't want this trial to happen for the election. he's trying to get elected so he can get rid of this case. >> correct. and you know, his lawyers know that as well because notwithstanding the fact that on social media this week trump said repeatedly, i'm not going to obey, and not gonna comply. john laurel was full ...