joining us now is greg bluestein, politics reporter at the atlanta journal got institution, mr., bluestein thank so much making time for us tonight. i know you are a reporter, and not a columnist, i appreciate you being here to help us cover these facts. >> of course. this, it is passed the house, it's likely to be passed by the governor. >> some minor disagreements over, language it's fully expect to be hidden dale, within the next couple of weeks, and governor kemp is very likely to sign it. >> in terms of the effect that this would have, the different punctuation, bathed in terms of doesn't usually matter all that much under the new laws, but the kids like this maybe motivated that republicans don't see this, from the outside. -- including a new five member panel, depending on the legislation can even be appointed by the georgia supreme court, or republican leaders themselves, that the governor and the lieutenant governor. so they start the side of this panel, but certainly can have an impact very shortly, in georgia law. >> because any discussion of individual members of the legislatur

joining us now is greg bluestein, politics reporter. i know you are a reporter and not a columnist and i'll not ask you to inveigh about this the way i have. first of all, let me just ask you if i'm right right this is kind of done, it's past the senate, it's past the house and likely soon to be signed by the governor. >> it's not a done deal just yet, but it's still expected to be a done deal within the next couple of weeks and governor kemp is very likely to sign it. >> in terms of the effect this would have, how quickly would something like this go into effect? i know in different states with different types of laws there's different affectuation dates. it may be motivated by effectively trying to remove this prosecutor. >> they have to setup this panel but certainly it could have an impact very shortly in georgia law. >> was there any discussion about individual members of the legislature or indeed somebody like the lieutenant governor having a conflict of interest, potentially having a self-serving motive in supporting a proposal l

i want to bring in "atlanta journal-constitution" reporter greg bluestein. washington correspondent. and here with me for the hour a former southern district civil attorney and former federal candidate in new york maya wiley. welcome to all of you. greg, walk us through why this matters. we're talking about a filing in a case where there's actually no case, or that is to say no case of d.a. vs. donald trump as a defendant. >> yeah, exactly. and that's what was so surprising. there's no case yet. there could be but there's no case yet. the district attorney here in fulton county, fani willis, has said that charges -- or a decision could be imminent, but imminent in prosecutorial standard time is very different than imminent in our standard time. but look, my first reaction to this is they must be very worried. they're going on the attack right now. it's a sign that trump's legal team isn't going to wait around and see whether the former president is getting indicted. they're going to go on the offensive right now and they're going to try to do everything they