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>> mixing his federal cases with his state cases. i think what donald trump just did may have sort of walked him one step closer to a jail cell pretrial, pretrial detention. because you know, i was at the courthouse and during his arraignment, you know, the judge, the magistrate judge said something that caused my ears to perk up. and here's what she said. she said, "the most important condition of release, sir, is that you not commit a state, federal, or local crime while on release. if you were to do so, a warrant may issue for your arrest. your conditions of release may be revoked. and you ...

This is a state case and won't involve federal charges. last hour when i was talking to election attorney ben ginsberg, he reminded us that state cases, if trump were to be re-elected, he would be unable to pardon himself. what else is significant about the types of charges the fulton county prosecutor is considering? >> a few things. not only would he not be able to pardon himself, but the pardon process in georgia means that governor kemp would not be able to pardon him either. there's a pardon board, so it's a more complicated process. he also would not be able to shut down the investigatio...

Investigations into his actions play out? how far might this go? >> if the former president can postpone the trials until after the election, that's his best defense. the electoral calendar is his best legal defense. he will appoint an attorney that will ask federal judges if there's more than one days cases to dismiss the cases. there can be two state cases pending. what he is look at is the calendar. if you listen to what his team is saying inside the courtroom, particularly in florida, what they are fighting about is timing. they know the longer they tdela, the better it is for them. the de...

Jack smith has multiple other investigations, as does fani willis waiting in the wings. >> absolutely. and there may be other state cases that are in the works as well. i wouldn't be surprised if other state prosecutors jumped into the fray, and so i think we should stay tuned for that. the important thing to keep in mind is that the state cases are going to be hard for trump to control. there is really a multiplier effect here. when your defendant is facing criminal charges and multiple fronts and jurisdictions it becomes harder to manage all of that, it becomes harder to defend against all o...

Not exactly massive deep state conspiracy, certainly not the weaponization of the justice system that republicans kept banging on about and point that democrats made clear during the hearing. with all these resources and all these people, you were sent to help you investigate the investigators. you're only filed three criminal cases. you only brought true cases to trial, correct? >> correct. >> and you also brought other cases to trial, correct? >> correct. >> touting those stolen documents on the campaign trail for 100 times? >> i said i don't really read the newspapers or listen to the news ...