Trying to run out the clock

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 12 July 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Former Pres. Trump is trying to run out the clock in the classified documents case. A court filing shows attorneys for him and his co-defendant Walt Nauta are asking a federal judge to delay the case. They argue the former president can’t be tried until after the 2024 election. Special counsel Jack Smith wants a December trial. Anderson talks to Rep. Daniel Goldman, who before running for office was part of the Democratic counsel during the former president’s impeachment inquiry. And Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama finally condemned White nationalists, telling reporters on Capitol Hill on Tuesday that “White nationalists are racists,” after previously refusing to denounce them. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a wounded combat veteran and Democratic senator from Illinois, discusses Tuberville's comments and how he has been blocking military nominations in the Senate as part of a protest of Pentagon reproductive health policies. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Tonight on 360, the former president's legal strategy becomes clear.
0:05.5	Delay, delay, delay.
0:07.3	His lawyers make their case the judge and documents case were keeping him honest.
0:11.1	Also, Senator Tommy Tuberville, last night on CNN, he said, white nationalists to me is
0:15.5	an American.
0:16.5	Now, he's doing damage control while still blocking promotions and military officers in
0:20.7	a battle over abortion.
0:22.8	And live reporting tonight from New England, where some of the worst flooding there in a
0:26.3	decades is still far from over.
0:29.0	Good evening, thanks for joining us.
0:30.3	Tonight we know what has long been suspected.
0:32.5	The former president is trying to run out the clock in the documents case.
0:35.5	And it's not just us saying it, he and his legal team did.
0:38.9	A court filing, which arrived just before midnight last night, spells it out.
0:42.9	In it, attorneys for the former president and his co-defendant, Walt Nauta, asked Judge
0:47.0	Eileen Kennan to not only set aside her August trial date, but to also, when I quote,
0:52.3	postpone any consideration of a new trial date.
0:55.8	So delay the trial and delay deciding when to have it.
0:59.9	Special counsel, Jack Smith, wants a December trial, which our legal analyst agrees both
1:03.6	quick for this type of case and for white collar trials in general.
1:07.7	Additionally, judges typically go out of their way to give defendants ample time to prepare.
1:12.2	Now that said, this filing argues that the former president cannot be tried until after
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