In the latest episode of On With Kara Swisher, Kara talks to Biden biographer Franklin Foer, former White House press secretary Jen Psaki, the New York Times’ Astead Herndon, and Axios’ Alex Thompson about the angst over the president’s troubles.
determination to be made before the election. guys? all right, big day for both of you guys, kaitlan polantz and evan perez, thanks, guys. joining us right now, we have a crack team in here with us today. eli honig, national correspondent for the washington post, philip bump, who also has a great book called the aftermath, and former press secretary under donald trump, sarah mathewses, as well as cnn political analyst and politics reporter for the new york times, astead herndon. i will not forget you again, even though you re not in the studio. so happy you re back. thank you, i appreciate it. i m going to start with you, eli. what should we expect from these hearings today? hopefully getting a date? also seeing, maybe, a case laid out for us, right? yeah, so i think, first of all, starting with the mark meadows motion to move into federal court, we re going to see live testimony we re not going to see it, because it s not going to be on camera, but the judge will see
testimony from brad re raffen raffensperger, also from this investigator, frances watson, who was pressured by mark meadows and others to recount the vote. this will be the first time we see live testimony in any of these cases. on the d.c. case, the trial date is so important. there s this wide gap where trump team s has asked for 2026 and doj wants it in january of 2024. both are unrealistic. it does seem clear that judge chutkan is going to set a date before the election, but where does it land? astead, somebody who s out on the trail and constantly talking to voters, i care less about i guess, i m less interested at this moment in, what does the republican primary electorate think about trump? for me, campaign organizations, where i think this could really have an effect, the calendar and the money. when you talk about a campaign, even if you re plus 30, plus 40 in the polils, where do you see
invokes their speedy trial right, as a defendant, you get your trial has to start by november. and all the other people that go second, they sit back, you watch, you take notes, you see all the government s witnesses take the stand, see how they re cross-examined. there s an normal tactical advantage of them going second, but because of the way the speedy trial rights work, there s no way to stop that. i should say, it s chesebro that asked a lot of different lawyers, a lot of indictments, a lot of different trial dates. a lot to cover. appreciate you guys helping us walk through it. astead, we see you, even if sara doesn t. i still see you. under the bus every time. thanks, guys, appreciate it. also this morning, president biden offering condolences to the families of three marine base killed in an air crash during military exercises in australia. the latest on the investigation. that s coming up.