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🗓️ 1 March 2024
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0:00.0 | Out front next, the breaking news, the special counsel, Jack Smith, demanding a new trial date for Trump in the classified documents case, trying to make sure the case goes to trial before the election. |
0:11.6 | Could Trump be convicted before November? Plus, a Texas duel, Biden and Trump both on the border, speaking minutes apart. |
0:19.0 | Trump's stoking fears, fears Biden saying let's work |
0:21.4 | together who is the winning message a new picture tonight of the 33-year-old |
0:26.3 | American ballerina being held in Russia on treason charges court today rejecting |
0:31.2 | her appeal I'll speak to her boyfriend who has just received a letter from her |
0:35.0 | let's go out front and good evening I'm Aaron Burnett. Outfront |
0:40.9 | tonight, the breaking news. The Justice Department's new push to try Trump before the election. |
0:46.4 | Just moments ago, the special counsel, Jack Smith, filing a motion to start his classified documents |
0:51.2 | case against Trump on July 8th. Now, that could mean a trial and a verdict |
0:56.1 | before Election Day. Basically, it appears that Smith wants to move forward the documents case as quickly |
1:01.4 | as possible after suffering a major setback from the Supreme Court on his January 6th case against |
1:07.4 | Trump. Trump, his team is, you know, for their part, using now their time-tested |
1:13.6 | strategy of delay, delay, delay. They've just filed a motion just moments ago, and it reads, |
1:18.3 | in part, a fair trial cannot be held until after the 2024 presidential election is concluded. |
1:25.0 | That is the entirety of Trump's strategy in these cases, push everything until after |
1:29.6 | the election. That way, if he wins in November, you can appoint an attorney general who can toss |
1:35.4 | these federal cases out. Evan Perez is out front live in Washington. So, Evan, what does this new move |
1:41.2 | by Jack Smith mean for Trump? Well, Aaron, what you're seeing is prosecutors trying to find a way to box out the former president and his legal team, because as you noted, what they're trying to do is delay this to the point where it makes it impossible for Tanya Chutkin and the D.C. trial to find room on the calendar. They know that |
2:02.5 | obviously given the fact that this, that the immunity question is now before the Supreme |
2:08.4 | Court, we anticipate that what they're going to do is look for something that will make sure |
2:13.9 | that the DC judge doesn't have room on the calendar between now and November |
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