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I'm joined tonight by charles burnun, the attorney for john eastman who is one of the former president's 18 co-defendants here. john east man is the one who told trump that pence could block certification of biden's win of the 2020 election. good evening. thank you for joining me. does your client, mr. eastman, want a speedy trial? >> as we stand here today, we are not prepared to make that demand. it is something we might think through as a thought experiment. i think we would be inclined not to do something similar to what mr. chesebro has done. >> reporter: go ahead. >> i was going to concl...

Are real problems. we only care about the top when everybody else can go to hell. >> let's go down to katelyn outside the jail in fulton county. >> reporter: yes, we are still outside the jail here in fulton county. i am joined by charles burnham. the attorney of john eastman. one of the president's 18 codefendants who told trump that pence could block certification of biden's win. good evening, thank you for joining me, does your client also want a speedy trial here? >> as we stand here today, we are not prepared to make that demand. it is certainly something we might, you know, think through...

Policy conversations that the candidates had with the host about everything from foreign policy in china to dealing with the border so education, but ultimately, none of that will likely matter. i mean, they are preparing for the debate wednesday night in milwaukee. this was a good test of the stump speeches and who might attack who and who voters are resonating with. at the end of the day, in georgia, a majority of the primary voters polled are saying they're going to support donald trump. in some ways, this is like a thought experiment for a political velocity class more than actual competit...

And he said well, if you tell me no, i don't want to do it. this was a fascinating thought experiment where rudy giuliani's line is. in the coup plot. take us inside the importance of these facts. >> well, first, those are direct quotes from rudy giuliani's deposition testimony that he gave to the january 6th committee. and his pitch during that deposition was, i was against this crazy idea, this thing that eric hirschman just said. i was against this idea of an executive order allowing the seizure of machines. so the portion that you read, mr. giuliani is claiming pedal the president in this ...

For defendants facing this many charges, say if he were not the former president and the republican foreigner for 2024? the defendant who is not trump would probably seek some kind of deal to plead guilty, as about 90% due in federal criminal cases did just last year. chief legal correspondent and the host of -- christian, greenberg the former federal prosecutor who served as the deputy chief of the criminal division of the -- new york. lashes start with this thought experiment. i think you could even start on the documents case, which i think is in some ways maybe the most open and shut of al...