Today in New York, Donald Trump's eldest son, Don Jr. took the stand in the civil fraud case against the former president and his family and his business.

Down in D.C. and in Florida, judges issued orders in both of Special Counsel Jacksmith's criminal cases against Donald Trump,

the DC case involving Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election, and the Florida case centered on the

former president's unlawful retention of classified documents. So a flurry of

legal action today for Mr. Trump and I'm going to get some expert legal help

breaking down all of that in just a second. But perhaps the biggest legal news of

today was this. The federal judge in charge of the Marilago classified

documents case, Judge Aileen Cannon who was of course appointed by

President Trump. Today Judge Cannon signaled that she may push back the date of Trump's trial in that case.

The trial was originally scheduled to start at the end of May next year.

That would put it a few months after, Super Tuesday, and a few months before the Republican

National Convention, right in the eye of the 2024 election storm, if you will.

Now Judge Cannon did not set a new date today, but in court she

said that she has a hard time seeing how the current trial schedule would work. Cannon's comments today came after Trump's legal team filed a very specific

request before the court early last month asking to delay the trial until at least mid-November 2024.

At the time that request felt more comical than anything else.

At least mid-November 2024.

Hmm, I wonder why, what could be happening at the beginning of November

2024?

But now it is a very live issue as to whether or not that fairly transparent

requests on the part of Trump's team whether that request might have found a sympathetic ear. If the end of May is too early in Judge

Cannon's eyes, then there's not much runway left until the primaries are

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