judge mcafee held him in contempt and leveled fines against him.fee has only been on the bench a few short months but now dealing with a case that could be one for the ages. gary tuchman, cnn, atlanta. >>> for more, let's bring in a former federal prosecutor and author of" a spy in plain sight." i can't imagine, this would be a pretty daunting case for a new judge, right? >> sure, for any judge. i mean, come on, danny. but the fact is he has a conservative background. he has lived in atlanta his entire life. this is not some guy that the trump team can say is just a raging democrat, you know, who is out to get him. that song and dance won't work. and he is a young guy, he has a lot of energy, he is going to attack this case. he has a lot of experience both state and federal. yes, in the prosecution, but you heard the defense lawyer speaking laudbly about him. so he seems to be fair which is really all that you want and need in any case but especially a case like this. >> and i want to talk more about the case itself. trump's former a.g. bill barr w

>> judge mcafee held wood in contempt, and leveled fines against him. scott mcafee has only been on the fulton county superior court bench for a few short months. but he is now dealing with a case, that could be one for the ages. gary tuchman, cnn, headline time. >> more now on the challenges facing this judge, and every judge in charge of trying to try the former president. join me now is former federal judge -- thank you so much for being with us, appreciate it. before we get to talk about the stretch, i do want to try to see if you have a thought about the trump legal team asking for a date of april, 2026. >> well, it kind of made me chuckle. but, that's in the election fraud case, the federal election front face right -- well >> obviously he would like it to be as long as possible, >> taken forever, but there's no need for that in that case. that is a straightforward case, and it should be tried soon. >> and the judge is the one who makes the decisions? >> oh absolutely. and the government has asked for january. so, january 24th. so, i think it's go

scott mcafee has only been on the bench a few short months but now dealing with a case that could bene for the ages. gary tuchman, cnn, atlanta. >>> the presidential campaign is distancing itself after suggested talking points for him in the upcoming debate. the post suggested that desantis should go all out against businessman but defend former trump if attacked by chris chr christie. federal regulations prohibit super pacs from coordinating directly with a campaign. so you can see the issue. >>> in the investigation of president biden's son hunter, two misdemeanor tax charges against him in delaware have been dismissed. prosecutors asked for the charges to be dropped because they had been part of a plea deal that chanced earlier this month. now that special counsel is heading the investigation, prosecutors may pursue new charges against biden in california or washington, d.c. >>> at this hour emergency officials have ordered more evacuations in canada's most western province, british columbia. they want to make sure that residents get away from the mcdougal creek wildfire. official

judge scott mcafee will make all decisions with respect to his case. so as the judge in this case today indicated on the record, judge mcafee will consider bond for him at the arraignment hearing. >> important to note. jessica, thank you. and floyd is accused of playing a role in arranging a meeting between a fellow co-defendant and treveon custddy and electio worker ruby freeman. that's no small offense considering what they know what they're said to have endured in their testimony about the pressure campaign against them. what more can you tell us, jessica? >> yeah. so the specifics of this case, kind of how they pressure -- i mean particularly we can see this is something that was really a hardship for ruby freeman. it's not to say the fact he's being held and we're talking about a two-tier justice system, we're talking about the fact this is someone who was held while everyone else has gotten off. it's not to say what happened there isn't important, but i do think happened was really -- was awful for ruby freeman from everything that we know from h

. >> reporter: judge mcafee randomly assigned to a different legal scenario. he is 34 years old and was appointed to his seat just six months ago by georgia's republican governor kemp to fill a vacancy. before that he served as state inspector general and both a state and federal prosecutor after graduating from the university of georgia law school in 2013. classmates and professional acquaintances say he is politically conservative. notably, mcafee was a state prosecutor in the complex trial division in fulton county which was led at the time by the woman who is now the fulton county da fani willis. a democratic georgia state representative and defense lawyer who handled two cases where mcafee was the prosecutor. >> in the cases i had with him he made reasonable decisions related to pleas or discovery requests and he was fair. politics never came into it. >> reporter: university of georgia records show he was the treasurer of the law republicans a group that serves libertarian members of the law school community and provide support for republican political ca

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are there any expectations that we will be hearing anything similar from mcafee? >> yasmin, it is such an open question. the judge, judge mcafee, was appointed to the post seven months ago by -- fulton county he knows. he also serves as a state inspector general -- . >> the certainty will also handle the case. donald trump is expected to try to remove the case to federal court. the federal court will handle a. a lot of -- he does not have a very long record. we are about to find out. >> we certainly are. thank you, sir. appreciated. coming up later on this hour. we are going to hear from someone very familiar with fulton county d.a., fani willis's position and the logistics that may go into trying the case. former dea from neighboring county, jay tal morgan. democratic's georgia state representative shea roberts on the republican-led efforts to retaliate against fani willis. and fearing the death troll may soon third and why as residents are growing in career over the failures that contributed to so many lives lost. we are back in 60 seconds with a live report fro

judge mcafee is a republican who was a member of the federalist society in law school. judge mcafee surged as a assistant district attorney under the supervision of fani willis, who was then one of the senior assistant district attorneys in fulton county. we now have a four way race to a trial date in the for criminal prosecutions of donald trump. managed to journey alvin bragg, the first to indict indict donald trump has it currently scheduled trial date of march 25th. attorney bragg has said publicly he would not use that date to stand in the way of one of the other prosecutions of donald trump, which he recognized as possibly more urgent cases. today in florida, don trump's newest codefendant in the espionage an obstruction of justice case was finally arraigned. the two defendants facing criminal charges with donald trump in florida probably believe that there is virtually no chance of them being sentenced to prison even if found guilty in that case, because the judge in the case was appointed by donald trump. and he has in the past issued extraordinarily favorable r

now we have seen the judge mcafee, okay, it can happen in october.eally aggressive timeline. >> i hope it wasn't a bluff. you would think if he as early as october, he would be prepared. if you're not, you could backfire. i don't know how you could be ready to try a case by october. >> reporter: so what is his legal team thinking? this indictment happened a matter of weeks ago, and now essential set toe -- >> it's difficult to determine what they're thinking, but obviously if they try a case in october, it's going to affect more defendants than just him. the other people in the case do not want to go to trial by october. >> reporter: what is your sense of the moves here? not just with him but the other developments. one thing judge mcafee did make clear is this only applies to him. that means it does not apply to the other 18 co-defendants, including former president trump whose legal team said that's not a date he wants. >> he can't force all the co-defendants to go to trial in october. he has to allow that trial to take place within then. >> report

in this case, because the case is already indicted, it is technically afind to judge scott mcafee.ll make all decisions with respect to his case. and so as the judge in this case today indicated on the record, judge mcafee will consider bond for him at the arraignment hearing. >> important to not. thank you. and floyd is accused of playing a role in arranging a meeting between a fellow co-defendant and also fulton county election worker ruby freeman. she allegedly pressured and threatened freeman that's no small offense considering we know what they are said to have endoord about the pressure campaign against them. what more can you tell us, jessica? >> yeah. so, you know, the specifics of this case kind of how they pressure -- i mean, particularly we can see this is something that was really a hardship for ruby freeman. so it's not to say that this -- the fact that he is being held -- and we are talking about kind of a two-tiered justice system, one is held, everyone else has gotten off, it's not to say what happened there isn't important. but i think that what happened was really

it's interesting, though, to read judge mcafee's order because it seems to contemplate nobody else is going to be tried to chesebro. it's very clear at this time this omapplies to chesebro. these deadlines only apply to that defendant. i would entertain motions to sever or if he's not putting everyone else on this rocket docket right now, but that was notable for me in that order. >> harry litman, do you see any incentive for any other defendant in this case to be asking for a speedy trial? >> well, look, the general point here is the? sentives have now come apart, and there are chasms between different defendants. one georgia just moved tonight saying i get to remove my case because i was ordered to do what i did by federal officials, meaning the trump campaign. there are, yes, strategic reasons you might want to go sooner rather than later. typically it's a kind of a chicken game saying do you have -- you're going to have to prove this and get it together very quickly, i don't think you can. but the general point that things are accelerating and kind of coming apart among the defend

so judge mcafee has said at this time he's only setting that october 23, 2023 date as to chesebro andk what we will see play out over the next week as there are more legal developments here, we'll see potentially judge mcafee making some judgment calls whether or not to sever or separate people like trump who do not want to join chesebro's speedy trial demand. so it's possible that chesebro could be tried by himself separately from all 19 of these -- excuse me, all 18 of the remaining codefendants. and that would be pretty interesting to see how all of that plays out because, you know, he could be tried months before these other folks. and those defense attorneys are going to get a good look at what the potential defenses are, how the pretrial, you know, motions play out. so there's going to be a lot of gaming here as we go forward. >> and that's part of the strategy on the trump campaign's part, too, is to try to, a.m., push these trials as late as possible, and "b," get as much information about what the prosecutors are going to be putting at them in both the special counsel case an

scott mcafee is a blank slate and new slate. as you mentioned, just 34. he has been out of law school for 9 years. that said, he has had a lot of prosecutorial experience. he has been assistant d.a. and also a federal prosecutor and he is likely to be a person that takes violation of conditions of release seriously. how he interprets these conditions is going to be the whole ball game here because we've seen from donald trump in the last few days including today some communications for fundraising purposes on social media that depending how you interpret who is a victim, who is the community, could go over that line. >> donald trump will be there thursday to surrender, but not a in- arraigned on thursday. when do we expect that he will come back to be officially read charges and plead? >> sometime after september 5. the agreement was, or rather the order was, from fani willis, i want a trial date in march and i want these defendants to be arraigned anytime after september 5. we don't expect all 19 of them in a courtroom together at the same time. so we sh

all of those pieces will get started with judge mcafee in charge.re talking about 18, 19 people here. if you include president trump, former president trump. is that all going to happen at the same time? i assume that the arraignments will happen sort of as people come in because the da did not say they all had to come in at a certain hour. she said by next friday at noon. and so i assume that people will kind of drift in and then they will be arraigned kind of as they're available because it's pretty pro forma. after that, though, i assume that what will happen is there will be some sort of a pretrial scheduling conference with the judge and that everybody really ought to be there, at least represented by their lawyers, if not in person. speaking of lawyers, what kind of the legal maneuvers here do trump? does trump have as he goes into this new case? there's a number, i think, one that we expect that he will do, which he tried in the new york state case, is that he will seek to have it removed to federal court, to the northern district of georgia

but for scott mcafee here, this is a big case that if, in fact, he ultimately oversees here for scott mcafee, of course, he's not faced the attacks of donald trump yet, yet the former president has seemed to never hold back against anybody, even if they are republican appointed judges, for instance, even in the aftermath of the 2020 election he went on the attack against the u.s. supreme court justices that he himself had nominated to the bench here. so, for scott mcafee right now there is a lot of waiting and seeing in terms of exactly the role that he will play in this as we await the arraignment of donald trump and others. >> catherine, the indictment accuses the enterprise of harassment and intimidation of fulton county election worker ruby freeman. here's some of what she told the january 6th committee. >> i've lost my sense of security all because a group of people starting with number 45 and his ally rudy giuliani decided to scapegoat me and my daughter, shaye, to push their own lies about how the presidential election was stolen. >> what is the significance of highlighting wha

mcafee, another man in the midwest who came to start to work for agriculture where he spent his entireand he wrote about washington d.c. and publication in 1918 still used and he was able to define this area and they called them the term of magnolia and the reason is magnolia, a relative of the southern magnolia we know and love and it grows in. here is the flower that looks like it but it smells even nicer. it doesn't grow the world except in this. i had to read this in detail because it is very precise but these are situated on the fall line you have the waterfalls and little falls and etc. the sand from the coastal plain is in the fall line areas and it is nutrient poor and allows a plant species to grow there so that is what's going on so there's one there and one for the north and their several in county and they were discovered later but they were based on this discovery. also at the magnolia, the swamp which has a nice fragrance and a whitish pink. i p included a latin greek lessn here because it was a name for them because they're both part of the genome so it is rose and greek

a practical folk some extent in that we know now from an order that was just handed down by judge mcafee today all of the proceedings in this case will be live streamed, and so by not showing up in-person, donald trump will not be arraigned in front of everyone in the country for the first time. and in these other proceedings, as everyone knows, it's been in federal court, where there isn't public access through electronic media reporting, and whereas in fulton county and in georgia in general, courts are much more willing to allow video streaming and media reporting, and so by not showing up, people don't have the opportunity to watch a former president being arraigned. i think that that's the big practical impact of that. >> understood. certainly sets up quite a spectacle when the trial starts, because that will be streamed as well. trump is now asking the court to sever his case again to give his lawyers more time to prepare for trial. the d.a. wants an october start date. she wants all 19 defendants tried at once. i hate to i kuaccused former president delaying things but a tactic us

at 34 years old, scott mcafee is a superior court judge, award-winning prosecutor, former state inspector general in georgia. turns out he is also a gifted musician. ♪ ♪ >> "the atlanta journal-constitution" uncovered this very i don't of the judge back in high school, not that long ago for him, rocking out to the star-spangled banner in the vein of jimi hendrix. just like hen driction played the guitar with his teeth, mcafee did the same with his electric cello. the crowd was so impressed that someone in the audience even yelled for him to take off his shirt. thank you so much for joining me tonight and every night this week. "cnn primetime with abby phillip" starts right now. >> you learn something new every day, that is really fascinating. thank you, have a great weekend. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm abby phillip. welcome to "cnn primetime." donald trump's terms of surrender. the 45th president of the united states, he'll turn himself in to the fulton county jail at the end of next week. and in a sign of just how close we are to that stunning moment, the secret service has been at t

that order, district attorney fani willis filed a motion asking georgia state court judge, scott mcafee, to clarify's ruling, granting defended kenneth chesebro's motion for a speedy trial. district attorney willis said, the state of georgia respectfully six clarification from the court as to whether the courts intention was to sever defended chesebro's trial from the other defendants further if the courts intention indeed was to sever defined chesebro's trial from the defendants because defended chesebro has not filed a motion to sever, and because the court has filed no hearing on a motion to sever, the state of georgia respectfully requests that the court set aside its scheduling audit to the extent that the order states at this time these deadlines do not apply to any codefendant. the state of georgia for the respectfully requests that the court set a deadline for any defendant wishing to file a motion to sever, allow the parties, including the state of georgia, sufficient time to brief the severance issue. the state maintains its position that severance is improper at this juncture

. >> reporter: this is scott mcafee, superior county judge in fulton county, georgia. >> welcome back. >> and so to that end, i believe the state did prove beyond a reasonable doubt that there was sufficient evidence to convict on each of the charges in this case. >> reporter: judge mcafee, now randomly assigned to a dramatically different legal scenario. he's 34 years old and just appointed six months ago by the republican governor brian kemp. before that, he was the state inspector general and a state and federal prosecutor after graduating from law school in 2013. classmates say he's politically conservative. he was a state prosecutor in the complex trial division in fulton county, which was led at the time by the woman now the fulton county d.a., fani willis. a democratic georgia state representative and a defense lawyer who handled two cases where mcphee was the prosecutor. >> in the cases i had with him, he made reasonable decisions related to discovery requests, and he was fair. politics never came into it. >> reporter: university of georgia records show he was the treasurer of

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>> well, as far as the bond conditions and so forth, i fully expect judge mcafee's office to be involvedy, this is what we would like, this is what we would propose, but it's ultimately up to the judge to decide that, and then as far as your question regarding the process in the jail, that is up to the discretion of the sheriff unless the judge orders him otherwise. >> i want to ask you, just moments ago, i understand a judge ordered $100,000 bond for trump ally john eastman. as far as we have reported, he hasn't turned himself in yet. so tell me what we know and does that bond negotiation go before he actually gets to the jail? >> yeah, so what was entered not only in john eastman's case, but also one of the other codefendants scott hall is something called a consent bond order. what does that mean? that means the amount of the bond, as well as the bond conditions have been negotiated with the d.a.'s office, agreed upon with defense counsel, and have been ratified, meaning approved by the judge in this case, judge scott mcafee. so it basically streamlines things, chris. these men still

he will remain in custody until judge scott mcafee can hear the issue of his bond. today, another codefendant is joining in the effort to move the case to federal court, as joining a growing list of codefendants pointing directly at donald trump for the crimes that they are charged with committing. cathy latham, this woman, one of the fake electors filed a motion to try her case in federal court. arguing that she was acting as a federal officer in her role as an elector, quote, at the direction of the president of the united states. and quote. okay, never mind that they were not the lawful presidential electors representing the legal votes from the state of georgia. but this whole notion could become a potentially -- devastating argument for donald trump. it is the stain language that appeared in court documents against michael cohen. donald trump's former fixer in the hush money case. that he went to jail for. she's now the third indicted fake elector who in court filings to move their cases to federal court said that they were acting, quote, at the direction of do

just like hen driction played the guitar with his teeth, mcafee did the same with his electric cello.to take off his shirt. thank you so much for joining me tonight and every night this week. "cnn primetime with abby phillip" starts right now. >> you learn something new every

it's interesting to read judge mcafee's order. it seems to contemplate that not everyone is going to be tried with chesebro. it's clear that at this time, this order applies only to defendant chesebro. the deadlines apply only to that defendant. i don't know if this is preemptive, whether this judge will entertain motions to sever, or if he's putting everyone on this docket now. that was notable language for me. >> harry litman, do you see any incentive for any other defendant in this case to be asking for a speedy trial? >> look, the general point here is the incentives have now come apart. then there are chasm's between different defendants. one georgia elector just move to remove tonight saying i get to remove my case because i was ordered to do what i did by federal officials, meaning the trump campaign. there are, yes, strategic reasons you might want to go sooner rather than later, technically it's kind of a chicken game, saying do you have -- you're going to have to prove this and get it together very quickly. i don't think

judge mcafee. a young judge the bench, just appointed in january of 2023. we mentioned in the last hour of my show that cameras are allowed in the courtroom. you and i haven't been in federal court, it is very rare. it is not happening with jack smith now for the federal cases. some of us in the media would like that to be the case. in light of the threats and the doxxing happening to the grand jurors that sat in service, doing their obligations, when they returned true bills against donald trump in those 18 codefendants, do you think that mcafee could change his mind? do you think that that is good cause to not have cameras allowed in the courtroom? >> i don't think it is going to change the law in the way that the use cameras in the corman georgia. after, all it is all about transparency in government. with high stakes cases the need for transparency, i, think it's higher than ever. i think the need to protect jurors is really important. you do not need to show the jurors. i think it is rare that jurors are shown on camera. what is shown, and where i will

as of right now, scott mcafee is the judge assigned to this case, 34, as you mentioned. been on the bench for about seven months. he was just appointed by governor brian kemp. he's a former prosecutor, former inspector general, he is a renowned musician with a long history of playing all sorts of different instruments, at a high-level. but no one in fulton county, no one in the state, no one in the country, has ever taken on a case overseeing a case like this one. his challenges laid out for him. >> yeah, he sure does, pretty remarkable. so, greg, we have the fbi now confirming to nbc, it has joined an investigation into threats of violence against fulton county officials, as well as the grand jurors who indicted donald trump. after the personal information was posted online. so, will this judge consider these threats at the arraignment? we how do think that could play out? >> yeah, we saw the federal judge consider these threats, in terms of warning the former president that any of these malicious statements he makes could speed up or timeline. look, this is all goes ba

won't be only the first hearing in the case, but the first time we actually hear from judge scott mcafeeperson. he is a relatively new judge at 34 years old, he's only been on the bench for six months, and you heard me right, he's 34 years old. he's a relatively young lawyer to begin with. we expect harrison floyd's hearing to start at around 11:00 a.m. this morning. one of the things that will obviously be discussed is why he's still in custody and whether he should be released. whether he is unable to post bond or if there are other reasons why he remains in detention at the rice street jail here in fulton county, georgia, ana. >> lisa rubin, thank you for that update please keep us posted. >>> up next on "ana cabrera reports," an official denial from the kremlin, what u.s. intelligence reveals about this plane crash. plane crash. age is just a number, and mine's unlisted. try boost® high protein with 20 grams of protein for muscle health versus 16 grams in ensure® high protein. boost® high protein. now available in cinnabon® bakery-inspired flavor. learn more at boost.com/tv right now

that the trump team's proposal was not reasonable meanwhile, in georgia, fulton county judge scott mcafee said monday that trump will be arraigned in the georgia election case at 9:30 a.m. on september 6. nearly all of his 18 co-defendants will also be arraigned that day trump face as total of 17 charges between these two cases. 13 in georgia, and 4 on the ferlt fed federal level. trump accuses special counsel of bringing the federal case against h against him during the 2024 campaign and he will be appealing the judge's decision >> what more are you learning about the co-defendants being arraigned? >> reporter: smith represented the trump campaign in the 2020 election cases and was charged in the indictment with 12 counts, including violating georgia's rico laws. smith pleaded not guilty, and also waived his september 6 arraignment. this all comes the same day as smith's fellow defendant, former trump chief of staff mark meadows took the stand in an attempt to move his case from state to federal court the judge did not issue a ruling saying that proceedings in state court could continue

i wonder, the judge in this case, i believe his name is scott mcafee, mcafee, 34 years old. >> but on the bench for a minute. >> literally appointed, sworn in, on february 1st. he is the newest of 19 judges at fulton county superior court. i mean, what do we know about him? what do we think about his ability to manage what is going to be a raucous case? >> we don't know much about. and he has been on the bench that long. certainly, never the case this big. even in his own practice as a former prosecutor. he's never had to do something like this. and as chris said, i think that what we're seeing, this entire display, not just, today but all four of these cases, it's a stress test. it's a stress test of the system. and there's this weird duality when it comes to the former president for which processes are just like every other defendant. and which ones veer off course. like the mugshot today, it's the first time he actually had to go through the process just like everybody else. and then he has these other bail conditions, which are like, very bizarre. not being able to re-post with so

i wonder, the judge in this case, i believe his name is scott mcafee, mcafee, 34 years old. >> but on the bench for a minute. >> literally appointed, sworn in, on february 1st. he is the newest of 19 judges at fulton county superior court. i mean, what do we know about him? what do we think about his ability to manage what is going to be a raucous case? >> we don't know much about. and he has been on the bench that long. certainly, never the case this big. even in his own practice as a former prosecutor. he's never had to do something like this. and as chris said, i think that what we're seeing, this entire display, not just, today but all four of these cases, it's a stress test. it's a stress test of the system. and there's this weird duality when it comes to the former president for which processes are just like every other defendant. and which ones veer off course. like the mugshot today, it's the first time he actually had to go through the process just like everybody else. and then he has these other bill conditions, which are like, very bizarre. not being able to re-post with so

through some of the main points covered today, please 15 to pick some of the check engine items. mcafee convention, same test wraps up at the date of which it was the final date with the presence of a little. i'm a post a giving us some detail behind some of those discussions if they have made and taken as the leaders off of the 5 briggs nations. and of course the topping those decisions is the expansion of the group. and i guess that's what everyone else was, i'm waiting for and it was, it's a highly interested piece of decision, of course. but that decision of the obviously does not come with all the questions . and one of those patients, if that's i've really know to just was the question around the afternoon, off with the brakes that would stand so prism russia, india, china. and so that's a couple, a lot of people saying that it can only be fees and the only mix is for the name to change for the name of to be some of these that i'm a lead is the within the brakes nations, it's really clear at the same that just they have decided and on a mutual agreement, just as a lots of do anyth

minister to she's secretly met with israel's diplomat lee last week to make things funk protests and mcafee aaa, and several other cities. libya and israel have had no formal relations since its independence. in 1951. the french president says, has invested it to initiate, staying put despite of 48 out deadline, sit by truly dispenser leads. protests had been held outside the french embassy and military vice and the capital, the enemy spines, football federation has on us that suspended presents luis ruby at us to resign with yeah, this is under pressure to step down to kissing spanish plan jimmy homeless. so without her consent for fresh floods and land slides have rich have i can. northern italy, strong winds in. torrential brain was reported in the region over the weekend land slides washed away roads in the town to reveal imagine clean up operation is underway. neighboring slovenia has also experience down pause and flooding lounge parts of the city of cope of the underwater, and just a matter of minutes about 1000 people have been evacuated from the city. meanwhile, the us side of flor

judge scott mcafee has granted access to four different camera teams, so we expect that arraignment willink that will have? just quickly, to follow up on that point you made about a televised trial? well, this is obviously somebody, donald trump, who enjoys the spotlight, who enjoys being on television. he's made every opportunity that he could throughout this entire legal process to try to bring as much attention as he could because he says he is innocent and he says these cases are politically motivated — in fact, as we speak, he is currently on newsmax giving a live interview after he was here in georgia facing those criminal charges, so we don't know exactly what kind of impact it will be. obviously, there'll be many eyes on the arraignment and we expect there could be cameras allowed in the courtroom through the process as this unfolds in georgia, so it's definitely one of the things that sets this case apart from the other three and we will see that arraignment is scheduled to be in the week of september the fifth, so just a couple of weeks from now. carl nasman reporting from fult

the jeep, mcafee has cooled, the violence, flagrant violation of liberty suffering, say, send a hold of reports from inside, you know, holloway, they've been on the lawn just refugee camp. this is one of the front lines and i know halloway at the moment. there is a law in the violence and lebanon's largest palestinian refuge account behind this barrier is a strong hold of sham. this shim, an armed group, involved in the latest factional fighting. this is usually a bustling market, up to 60000 palestinians, live in a 1.5 square kilometer area. people are scared to venture outside the day and the most of the situation is not stable. we don't know what to do. many people are displaced and living in mosques and science. so with that same straight bullets and rockets are landing, not just inside the account, but a nearby neighborhood. several people have been killed and many more injured. in some areas, the destruction is extensive. have you with these are our homes, our shops, they have been burned down, everything has been burned. the residence of i know, how do we are poor palestinian

. >> amy copeland, this presumably is up to the judge in the case to enforce, judge mcafee. he has to look at this and say when they had this big fund-raising together does this meet the forbidding of communicating in any way directly or indirectly about the facts of the case with a codefendant? >> well, lawrence, it really skates the line. i'm wondering if everyone's attorneys might be sitting on the dias with them. >> andrew weissman this is going to continue. these conditions are going to toip as they're written. it seems the boilerplate of these conditions do not anticipate people like donald trump and rudolf giuliani. >> they don't. but one of the things that happened today in your litany of events is something tat we frankly haven't seen as stringently in the other three jurisdictions. by the way, i still can't believe i'm saying that because we're talking about four separate criminal cases against the former leader of the united states. but in georgia one of the things that we're seeing is a real commitment to treating these defendants like the charged criminal defend

inside of the fulton county courthouse, one of the defendants will appear before the judge scott mcafee, and this is the first appearance before the judge, even though we have seen the surrenders of so many of the co-conspirators before. and zach is outside of the courthouse, and explain this, because it is so confusing of the different things going on here, and what is happening before the junldge and with who? >> well, harrison floyd who is the leader of an organization called the black voices for trump is one of the rare cases yesterday where the surrender did not go smoothly, because he failed to negotiate a bond agreement to the authorities at the fulton county jail, and so, since then, he spent time in custody and he about to make the first initial appearance before the judge in this subversion case here, and they will determine his state going forward. harrison floyd is an interesting character here in all of this, because he is charged with crimes of intimidating election workers and also in a separate matter for assaulting an fbi agent who was trying to serve him a grand jury a

now to the judge assigned to trump's georgia case, scott mcafee, he graduated from the university ofia law school about 10 years ago and has been a judge for six whole months. but the most interesting thing about him is something that the "new york times" of all places pointed out. that he used to work for the d.a. who brought the case fani willis. joining us now is jonathan turley, professor of law at g.w. university and a fox news contributor. >> professor turley, look, the legal world is quite intertwined. all of us know someone who used to work for someone. but, given the importance of this case, is this -- is this a little too close for comfort if you are one of these 19 defendants? >> you know, i'm going to give this judge the benefit of the doubt. we'll have to see how he performs. he is young. he doesn't have a lot of experience. but he does, as a judge, he does have experience in the courtroom. you know, the key, laura, in my view, in these cases, is really the essence of the judge as opposed to the extent of their experience. what you really want someone -- from someone is

just got mcafee wait in setting the trial date but rolling it will only apply to chesebro, who was indicted for his work in helping assemble a slate of quote alternate republican electors in georgia. you can read all of that article at ajc.com. in maine on the democrats line it is roxanne. caller: good morning. host: good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. i am baffled by everything that is happening. i grew up -- [indiscernible] they worked hard. they did not have a gold spoon, everything handed to them. [indiscernible] there is no reason for all this. he did not go to the debate because of the criticism. [indiscernible] host: mary in north carolina. caller: hi. to me, this is not really about donald trump. it is about our judicial system. i am very disappointed in this country. i'm disappointed in our government. i am very disappointed about what president biden has done . i feel he is getting money from someone to keep the border open. it could be from china. it could be from someone in mexico. someone is paying him to keep the border open. host: mary, go back to your comment

there in court before a judge learned that he will remain in jail because it is ultimately judge mcafee who has been assigned this case, who will decide his bond. listen. >> i'm going to go ahead and find yourself a risk to commit additional felonies and a risk to flee the jurisdiction. >> i got on a plane and voluntarily came here. i'm already on pretrial supervision. i have no issues with being on pretrial supervision. there's no way i'm a flight risk. >> i understand, mr. floyd. your bond is not going to be decided by me. it's going to be decided by the judge. he was assigned to handle your case. >> at last check, floyd has no representation. floyd told the judge that he could not afford a private attorney and the judge told him he did not meet the eligibility standards of a public defender. on a side note, floyd does face a separate charge of simple assault for allegedly assaulting an fbi agent at his home to serve him a subpoena to appear before a grand jury in washington, d.c. >> thank you. great to see you. >>> cnn national politics reporter daniel strauss is joining me to discus

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know from filings with president trump after cheseboro made this motion for a speedy trial and judge mcafee date, trump said he does not want to go to trial that soon. i am expecting that other co-defendants don't want to go to trial that soon either. usually judges, whenever a defense attorney or defendant says we won't be ready for trial at that expedited rate, a judge will take that seriously. and if these co-defendants or trump make motions to sever, i think the judge is likely to grant that. i think we see that chesebro goes to trial in october, and the rest of the defendants, maybe together, maybe separate, go much later on. what that means is that that's a strategic advantage for them because they'll watch how his trial plays out and kind of what fani willis' trial strategy will be and how they'll try the case. that's an advantage for them and may very well be helpful for the defense. it's going to be a bit of a practice round for them to watch. you have five co-defendants who want to move their trials to federal court. who do you think among them has the best chance and what could t

bond condition, the case is brought before the judge in this case, and in this case, it is judge mcafee, and what would happen is that the judge would revoke the bond, and then a hearing to make a decision to the standard of probable cause meaning greater than 50% that the defendant has violated the bond. you don't get a jury trial. you have essentially a hearing before the junldge, and the sta is going to put up whatever evidence they have of the bond violation, and the judge makes a decision if it has been violated or not, and the interesting thing is if you have witness intimidation, you can always file a superseding indictment, and the witness intimidation is a rico predicate, and what happens in this case is if he violates the bond, and that is a rico predicate. >> i didn't know that it was a rico predicate and it could be added to the charges. it is a serious thing that people don't realize when a judge says that you better not do this, and you have to be careful to skirt the rules. i want to put up a couple of things that trump put up since this agreement was made. and he goes af

mark meadows should proceed with his arraignment that judge scott mcafee schedule today.raignment is scheduled for 9:30 a. m. on september 6th. with everyone scheduled -- race smith, the atlanta lawyer who spread lies about the election at a hearing to georgia lawmakers found an arraignment waiver and entered a plea of not guilty. the first defendant to enter a plea in the case. joining us now is when he's fleming, former district attorney of dekalb county, georgia. emily copeland, a criminal defense attorney and former georgia federal prosecutor. also what, this barbara mcquade, a former -- she's an msnbc legal analyst. gwen keys fleming, i know it's difficult to talk about this hearing without just having the transcript in front of us because i'm eager to see every word that mark meadows said under oath. but what is your assessment of the hearing given the reporters summaries of it that we've read so far? >> first and foremost, i think that struck me is mixed or meadows took the stand as a name defendant, that's a prosecutor's dream to be able to cross examine the defen