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Federal prosecutors have the burden of proving the three men, as you said, who have already been found guilty in ahmaud arbery's murder, now federal prosecutors are going to try to convince a jury that they chased him down and ultimately killed him back in 2020 because of his race and that they were guilty of violating his civil rights it in the process. they're going to be trying to introduce things like text messages, social media posts, to kind of give jurors insight into what they say is a racist mindset. they're going to try and introduce that in the course of this trial. those are things...

The trial is under way? >> reporter: good morning to you. the biggest thing we are going to see, the biggest difference from the state trial is that race is going to play a much larger role in these proceedings. remember, the prosecution here has the burden of essentially trying to prove that these three men, william roddy brian, and gregory and travel mcmichael, chased down and ultimately killed ahmaud arbery because of the color of his skin. of course they've been convicted of murder in the state trial. this is going to speak more to the motive. right now we're in jury selection. we know tha...

Was performed in accordance with all applicable rules. but they do not contain any material discrepancies. it renders the investigations by the da and the ag moot. so they're trying to take it as saying they didn't say there were material discrepancies because that's what this investigation will turn on. >> but mazars say, don't rely on our statements. makes you wonder what due diligence they ghid did in prep those. a federal judge has ordered the jury in georgia to be sequestered in the hate crimes trial of ahmaud arbery's killers. this order says it's to protect the jury from trial publici...

Got to be prepared for that each and every day. but i'm grateful that we're here, that we made it this far, and i think we will get a good victory as well. >> these moms in these cases are always so strong. i have the utmost respect for them. joining me know, cnn legal analyst joey jackson. good to see you. >> always, don. >> let's start with arbery, the arbery trial. gregory mcmichael, his son travis, the neighbor william roddie bryan all on trial again after having just been found guilty of murder in the state trial. the prosecution actually pulling out social media posts from the mcmichaels...

Witnesses. and they had minneapolis police department officers testify that that is not the training and that what happened on that day was not consistent with minneapolis police department policy. so i think the testimony that's been elicited during the prosecution's case is going to carry far more weight. i don't think anyone believes a police department is out there training police officers to engage in the conduct that we saw from these three officers. >> kneeling on a back, but do they show them kneeling on someone's neck? i mean he was on the man's neck, areva. >> absolutely. that's why ...