Can Trump's legal team push back his election

12 SERVICEMEMBERS HAVE BEEN RELEASED. THE CRASH IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. >>> A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS SAID DONALD TRUMP'S COURT DATE FOR MARCH 4th, 2024. THIS AS IN GEORGIA HIS FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF MARK MEADOWS HAS ASKED FOR STUFF TO BE MOVED TO FEDERAL COURT. >>> CBS NEWS LEGAL CONTRIBUTE JESSICA LEVINSON JOINS US NOW. SHE'S FANTASTIC AT EXPLAINING WHAT THESE LEGAL DECISIONS MEAN. THERE'S A LOT OF TRIALS AND CASES TO JUGGLE. TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT FACTORS DO YOU THINK WENT INTO THAT JUDGE'S DECISION TO SAY MARCH 4th ? >> WHAT SHE FOCUSED ON WAS THE IDEA THE PUBLIC HAS THE RIGHT TO RESOLUTION IN THIS CASE. SCOTT McFARLAND HAD GREAT REAL- TIME REPORTING. HE WAS IN THE COURT ROOM. IF YOU READ WHAT HE REPORTED, HE INDICATED THIS JUDGE CARES ABOUT THE JURY SORRY THE PUBLIC HAVING SOME RESOLUTION IN THIS CASE. SHE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT MEMORIES FADE. SHE TALKED ABOUT THAT MEMORIES EVIDENCE CAN BE UNAVAILABLE AND OVERWRITING HERE SHE JUST WAS NOT BUYING WHAT THE TRUMP DEFENSE TEAM WAS SELLING. LET'S REMEMBER. THEY ASKED FOR A 2026 TRIAL DATE. THEY SAID THERE'S SO MUCH OF THIS TO GO THROUGH. MILLIONS OF PAGES. SHE CUT TO THE CORE OF THAT ARGUMENT. YOU CAN GO THROUGH THAT. THERE'S A LOT OF DUPLICATION. YOU KNOW WHAT THIS CASE IS ABOUT BECAUSE YOU YOURSELF SAID LOOKS LIKE WE ARE LARGELY RETREADING ON AREAS THAT WERE COVERED BY THE JANUARY 6 HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE. I THINK IT WAS A COMBINATION OF HER SIDING WITH THE PROSECUTION BUT THERE'S A NEED FOR PUBLIC RESOLUTION. SHE ALSO MENTIONED SHE'S WORRIED ABOUT THE SOCIAL MEDIA POST COMING FROM THE DEFENSE SIDE. THAT COULD POISON THE JURY POOL AND HER SAYING SHE THOUGHT AND EMPHASIZE THIS IN THE COURTROOM THAT THE DEFENSE REQUEST FOR 2026 WAS WAY TOO FAR OFF. >> THE MAIN CONCERN FROM THE PUBLIC MAY NOT SOMETHING THAT THE JUDGE ADDRESSED. THE IDEA THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT IF YOU WERE ELECTED COULD PARDON HIMSELF OR HAVE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REMOVE THOSE CHARGES. THAT SEEMS VERY CONVENIENT FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND HIS LEGAL TEAM. THEY HAVE BEEN GOOD AT THROWING ONE MOTION AFTER ONE MOTION TO DELAY. DO THEY HAVE ANY MORE AVENUES TO PUSH THIS PAST MARCH ? >> ABSOLUTELY. THIS IS A TENTATIVE DATE. WHAT THEY SAID DURING THE HEARING IS THIS IS GOING TO BE A COMPLICATED CASE. THERE'S A LOT OF MOTIONS THAT WE WILL FILE. THEY WILL FILE A MOTION SAYING THIS CASE SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN BROUGHT AT ALL. THEY WILL BRING A MOTION FOR SELECTIVE PROSECUTION THAT SITES HUNTER BIDEN. THEY WILL BRING MOTIONS DEALING WITH EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE AND HOW IT WAS NOT DISCUSSED BEFORE BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER BEEN HERE BEFORE. WE'VE NEVER HAD A FORMER PRESIDENT FACE ANY CHARGES LET ALONE FEDERAL CHARGES TRYING TO OVERTURN A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THEY CAN DELAY. WE WILL BE WATCHING THIS JUDGE TO SEE IF SHE SAYS FILE THE MOTION BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE ON A QUICK SCHEDULE. SHE HAS ENORMOUS CONTROL OVER HER COURTROOM.