logo
episode-header-image
Aug 2023
46m 16s

Two Cities, Two Hearings

THE LAWFARE INSTITUTE
About this episode

Yesterday, August 28, was a busy day in court. In federal court in Atlanta, Donald Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows made the argument for why the charges against him in Fulton County should instead be tried before a federal judge. And in Washington, D.C., Trump’s attorneys tangled with the special counsel’s office in a hearing in the Jan. 6 case, which resulted in Judge Tanya Chutkan scheduling a trial date for March 4, 2024. 

Lawfare’s devoted team headed to both courtrooms—so we’re bringing you a double dispatch from both Georgia and D.C. Lawfare Senior Editor Quinta Jurecic sat down with Anna Bower, who spent her day in the Georgia courtroom, and Saraphin Dhanani and Hyemin Han, who held down the fort in D.C., to talk through the two hearings.

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Up next
Today
Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, August 7
In a live conversation on YouTube, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Senior Editors Eric Columbus, Molly Roberts, and Roger Parloff to discuss the Trump administration requesting the Supreme Court stay the district court’s order halting the enforcement of the ... Show More
1h 38m
Yesterday
Lawfare Archive: Guantanamo, Immigration, and the U.S. Military
From February 20, 2025: On Jan. 29, President Trump ordered the expansion of facilities at Guantanamo Bay to hold migrants being deported from the United States. It was the latest—and perhaps most aggressive—move to deploy the U.S. military in pursuit of the administration's immi ... Show More
37m 47s
Aug 8
Lawfare Archive: Israel: Divided at Home and at War Yet Again
From March 28, 2025: For today's episode, Lawfare Foreign Policy Editor Daniel Byman interviewed Natan Sachs, the Director of the Middle East Program of the Brookings Institution, to discuss Israel's turbulent domestic situation and the renewal of the conflicts in Gaza and Lebano ... Show More
39m 34s
Recommended Episodes
Aug 2023
First Up: The DC Trial
<p>A trial date has been set in the DC election interference case against Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Trump’s former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows took the stand in GA in an effort to move his case from state to federal court. MSNBC legal analysts Andrew Weissmann and Mary ... Show More
35m 34s
Dec 2023
Trump's trials are about to collide with the political calendar
This week on Trump's Trials, guest host Miles Parks and Domenico Montanaro look at how one judge, Aileen Cannon, could be slow-walking the federal classified documents case in Florida. Delays in that case could impact the three other criminal trials Trump is facing — and put lega ... Show More
17m 58s
Oct 2023
Episode 45 - A Tale of Two Judges
<p>This week in Florida, Judge Aileen Cannon stays the trial calendar pending Trump’s motion for a delay due to CIPA section 4, and new reporting that Trump shared nuclear submarine capabilities with an Australian businessman. </p><p>In DC, Donald files a motion to dismiss all ch ... Show More
58m 20s
Feb 2024
9 AM ET: Trump's critical hearings, Israel hospital attack, Putin wants Biden & more
Former President Donald Trump has two critical hearings today over his hush money trial and Georgia's election subversion case. Israeli special forces have entered the Nassar Hospital in Southern Gaza. Russia's president says it would be better for his country if President Joe Bi ... Show More
5m 30s
Feb 2024
An Explosive Hearing in Trump’s Georgia Election Case
<p>In tense proceedings in Georgia, a judge will decide whether Fani T. Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, and her office should be disqualified from their prosecution of former President Donald J. Trump.</p><p>Richard Fausset, a national reporter for The Times, talks t ... Show More
36m 18s
Aug 2024
Four Ring Circus
<p>After Judge Tanya Chutkan raced back to the starting line in former President Trump’s DC election interference case, Special Counsel Jack Smith asked for a reporting extension to ensure the government can make its case within the new immunity parameters. Veteran prosecutors An ... Show More
53m 49s
May 2024
Episode 78 | Loco Motions
<p>Judge Aileen Cannon continues to complain– after much deliberation– about having to grant DoJ’s motions. <br /><br />Trump’s lawyers deceive the court in their motion to dismiss by mischaracterizing the language in the Mar-a-Lago search warrant. Hearings on that got heated. <b ... Show More
1h 9m
Jan 2024
Trump Defies Judge & Georgia DA Misconduct Allegations
Michael Moore, a partner at Moore Hall and the former US Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, discusses the allegations of misconduct against Fulton County DA Fani Willis. Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg legal reporter, discusses the final day of Trump’s civil fraud trial. Ju ... Show More
31m 17s