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The prospect that despite numerous arraignments, Donald Trump may become the Republican nominee, is beginning to alarm many in Europe.

Against with his inflammatory rhetoric, with her saying that it could potentially speed up that trial. perspective now from a retired california superior court judge. judge, thank you for joining us again tonight here on "the source." what do you make of the march 4 trial date that was set today by judge chutkan? do you think it's fair? >> oh, i -- it's absolutely fair. judge chutkan deliberated, heard everyone, both sides, and set a date that i think is a reasonable date. it may change but for now, i think it's reasonable. i'll tell you, kaitlan, the moment in that hearing that struck me, i o...

Jury selection to begin march 4. that is just one day before super tuesday or when more than a dozen states hold their primary elections. judge tanya chutkan said the trial date does not depend on the defendant's personal and professional obligations and that she'd be watching for anything that might poison the jury pool including public comments by trump or his lawyers. and that wasn't the only trump-related election subversion case to see major developments. former chief of staff took the stand in georgia in what amendmented to essentially a preview trial of the case there. sarah maury has m...

Evan perez joining us now. a lot of moving parts here. where do we start? >> yeah, that is a very crowded calendar and as you pointed out, the judge, judge tanya chutkan, already chose march 4 as the day that her trial, the trial here in washington, will get started. and that is a day before super tuesday and what we're looking at is given the prospect that the prosecution has said that their case will take four to six weeks to present, that means that the former president will be sitting in a courtroom here in washington not on the campaign trail during those key periods there when other stat...

Decision, something he does not have the power to do. lisa, i'll start with you, on the date of march 4, ambitious compared to what the trump team demanded in 2026. a little bit later than what jack smith wanted but not a whole lot later. >> not a whole lot later, but reasonable, willie, and i think one of the reasons it's reasonable is for the ways in which judge chutkan was discussed with john lauro, the fact that the pages of discovery weren't actually 12.8 pages of discovery, and she noted for him how much of that is duplicative, how much of that is already in the public domain, and how mu...