Trump facing a 'knockout punch' as time runs out on his legal delay tactics: experts

On Monday, Donald Trump will be in a Manhattan courtroom where he will likely find out how quickly the hush money case being prosecuted by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg will proceed before a jury, while he also faces a deadline to come up with nearly a half billion dollar appeals bond after losing a financial fraud case.

According to a former impeachment counsel to the House Judiciary Committee and a Florida state attorney, this could be the week when the former president's fortunes come crashing down despite all of his delay tactics.

In a column for CNN, Norm Eisen and Andrew Warren predict the former president won't survive the "one-two punch" about to be delivered.

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As they wrote, "All signs are that the New York criminal case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Braggwill be confirmed imminently for a start date in April, after a short pause occasioned by a last-minute federal document dump. And the civil judgment already won by New York Attorney General Letitia James is moving briskly as well, with the AG apparently set to begin seizing Trump properties as soon as Monday. This week promises to be an inflection point in both cases."

When it comes to the hush money case to be heard in Judge Juan Merchan's courtroom, the two wrote that judge has bent over backward more than enough for Trump and his lawyers, and they expect him to set a firm start date that will take place within weeks.

They also agreed that New York Attorney General Letitia James is in a position to make good on her threats to begin seizing Trump's assets with additional liens to come.

"Whatever delays may be present in those jurisdictions, or in Florida’s Mar-a-Lago documents case, in New York the former president is facing serious hits," they wrote before concluding, "To our mind, he is not dodging legal accountability – it has backed him into a corner and appears ready to land a hard punch, maybe even a knockout."

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