Hello and welcome to another episode of Prosecuting Donald Trump, while we're recording

on the evening of Monday, August 28th.

Why is that such a big deal because two big things have happened, one of which has concluded

and one of them is continuing, although we'll address what happened so far.

There's big news in DC and there's also big news in both of the so-called January 6 cases,

where there's just a lot going on, so Mary, I cannot wait to talk to you.

I know I say that every week, but this time it's like we haven't been able to even text or do anything.

This is all going to be super fresh, so welcome.

Yes, good to be with you. I know you are across the pond, as they say, and so it's night time where

you are later than it is here, but today, big, big news back stateside in the District of Columbia,

the Federal District Court Judge, Tony Chutkin, rejected the proposed trial dates of both parties,

so she rejected Mr. Trump's request to put the trial off until well beyond the election to April

of 2026, but she also rejected the government's proposal to go to trial January 2nd, 2024,

sort of right around the corner. Instead, she set March 4th, 2024.

Now, obviously, that's much closer to the government's proposal than it is to Mr. Trump's

proposal, and we can get into why that might have been and what factors she took into consideration.

But suffice to say, even if that date for various reasons could slip by days or even weeks,

I feel quite confident this case will go to trial before the election.

Not just before the election, it's going to go before the Republican nomination.

This is a huge win for the public in terms of having an answer to

did he do it or didn't he do it? And then jury verdicts.

You know, there'll be efforts of Trump to take various things up on appeal. He's already

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