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Going to be ready. do you think that date is appropriate though? this is a very significant and a very sprawling case. >> i'm from the rocket docket where things move a lack -- to the march 4th date does not alarm me. i will say this in favor for donald trump, there is a ton of discovery, a ton, and i respect judge chutkan trying to set a deadline for march 4th for the trial. however, i predict you're going to have motions in january and february that are going to push that trial dates back just a little bit. so, if i had to bet money and i don't get a lot of money, i'm looking at june maybe m...

Super tuesday, obviously a little later but not a lot later than jack smith was hoping for, and much, much earlier than trump's defense team had requested. what do you make of the march 4th choice? >> makes a lot of sense to me, willie. plenty of time for the defense to prepare its case, to do what they have to do. you know, sometimes where you stand depends on where you sit. i spent a lot of time as a federal prosecutor in the eastern district of virginia, so-called rocket docket. cases moved expeditiously. continuances were extraordinarily rare. six months would have been an ordinary window ...

That's what attorneys say, that's what judges say. it's interesting, though, to read judge mcafee's order because it seems to contemplate nobody else is going to be tried to chesebro. it's very clear at this time this omapplies to chesebro. these deadlines only apply to that defendant. i would entertain motions to sever or if he's not putting everyone else on this rocket docket right now, but that was notable for me in that order. >> harry litman, do you see any incentive for any other defendant in this case to be asking for a speedy trial? >> well, look, the general point here is the? sentive...

Case be severed from cheseboro and any defendant asking for a speedy trial. the judge advised that, at this time, he would only expedite the trial date for cheseboro. dave aronberg, how do you see this, the timing of all these trials unfolding? obviously, trump's only real ability to run from the law, at least in the state of georgia, is to delay. >> good morning, mika. i think the case in d.c., in front of judge chutkan, is going to go first. she seems to want to go on the rocket docket. the rico case in atlanta, i think it'll be delayed, except for cheseboro, because it is a complex, 19-pers...

With civil and criminal litigation, knows if you come in and say, oh, there's a lot of discovery. yes, they want to know that you have time. but to pretend like it's hard copy paper that goes to the washington monument? it's not a serious argument for the court. it reminds me of judge saying two defense lawyer in the mueller investigation, i know that that brief is for an audience, it's not for this audience. they were very strong argument. obviously, the judge on the 28th, has a really important decision. and the defendant is entitled to enough time to prepare an adequate defense. one other q...