As he continues to attack Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and the judge overseeing his New York trial, failed one-term former president Donald Trump could be speeding up the timeline on the case.
“Morning Joe” co-host Mika Brzezinski discussed the possibility that New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan may decided to put Trump’s trial on a very fast track.
“There’s two things: Trump is under arrest, but no one, no one is disagreeing with what he is accused of, especially when it comes to the porn stars and the Playboy model, where he is in these pictures with them apparently, there was an affair,” Brzezinski noted Thursday morning. “They were paid off in some way, they’re trying to argue the payoff was legal they’re not trying to argue that this didn’t happen — that’s number one. Trump is under arrest.”
Brzezinski continued:
“Number two, accountability is seeping into Donald Trump’s life, he may slowly be feeling it because you can see in his Truth Social post, he’s trying not to name names he’s trying to edit what he is saying because the judge did warn him it could be a problem if his rhetoric or his words lead to trouble. So he has to change his behavior for the first time in his life, he can’t do exactly what he wants to do because he is under arrest.”
If Trump thinks his legal situation is bad now, Brzezinski explained, it could be much worse, and if that happens Donald won’t have anyone to blame but himself.
“I think the biggest risk that his lawyers if they are good lawyers, which I guess is questionable because he’s had to go through a lot of lawyers, but a good lawyer will tell him, ‘you need to be careful. you didn’t do what you want to do anymore you can’t be impulsive you can’t be undisciplined you can’t just riff and go off the cuff and be Trump anymore’ because the prosecution could move to accelerate this case. We’ve heard countless experts looking at this case, many of whom have said the core of this case is very sound.
“On top of it, the prosecution, if they feel his rhetoric and his words is impacting the case and influencing it, they could ask the judge to move it up from December 4th.”
