jail. so, ultimately, it s the american people who are going to have to render their verdict. and i think, in that clip, john is right. republicans are themselves incapable of making this pivot. but once they see that they have lost and they have lost badly, this would be a series of losses in 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024. at that point, they may, out of self preservation, decide to rejig or their party, and to rethink the entire cult of personality. but until that happens, i see very little sign that they are going to pivot back to reality. jill, you have a new column for the detroit news, and you argue that each of trump s trial should be televised. and i wonder, as i listen to jennifer rubin talk about the way in which this has not broken through with republican leaders, and with republican voters, to the extent to which you believe that transparency might break through to them and, in a larger sense, help preserve democracy. i do think so. it is not guaranteed. because we have seen t
and yet, they keep sticking with him. so, it is not clear that they have gotten the message yet. but i do think that there is enough republicans who will watch the trial and will be mesmerized by it and we ll see that, like richard nixon, he is a crook. and they will change their vote. so, i think it is one of the only hopes we have. and i hope the case is not removed to federal court from georgia. because, we will at least have cameras in the georgia case. but i think it is possible that chief justice roberts and the judicial conference, or congress, could mandate having cameras in all of his trials. and i do think it is important to democracy is that we see it, and it increases our trust in the judicial institutions, in the justice department, in the special prosecutor. and so, it is very important. there are no good reasons against it. it does not lead to lawyers playing to the jury. it does not make the jurors afraid. because, like in the george
held accountable for it. so, it really changed the calculus i think it will really play out in terms of what we might expect in terms of the trial when we hear talked about as well. speaking of those trials, jill, on thursday, you had trump s lawyers file a motion to delay the federal trial for election interference scheduled in january 2024. the date that they want okay, remember, january 2024 they want april 2026. a lot has been made about just how laughable that is. and i wonder, if you think that ask could actually backfire with the judge. i think it could. my new favorite word is reasonable risible. it is risible. if they asked for 2025, you have a legitimate negotiating position. but if you ask for that far out, well after the election, well after the events, it just does not make sense. and there is no legitimate basis. i mean all their arguments about, we have so much work to do it is true that they have to
and yet, they keep sticking with him. so, it is not clear that they have gotten the message yet. but i do think that there is enough republicans who will watch the trial and will be mesmerized by it and we ll see that, like richard nixon, he is a crook. and they will change their vote. so, i think it is one of the only hopes we have. and i hope the case is not removed to federal court from georgia. because, we will at least have cameras in the georgia case. but i think it is possible that chief justice roberts and the judicial conference, or congress, could mandate having cameras in all of his trials. and i do think it is important to democracy is that we see it, and it increases our trust in the judicial institutions, in the justice department, in the special prosecutor. and so, it is very important. there are no good reasons against it. it does not lead to lawyers
have lost and they have lost badly, this would be a series of losses in 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024. at that point, they may, out of self preservation, decide to rejig or their party, and to rethink the entire cult of personality. but until that happens, i see very little sign that they are going to pivot back to reality. jill, you have a new column for the detroit news, and you argue that each of trump s trial should be televised. and i wonder, as i listen to jennifer rubin talk about the way in which this has not broken through with republican leaders, and with republican voters, to the extent to which you believe that transparency might break through to them and, in a larger sense, help preserve democracy. i do think so. it is not guaranteed. because we have seen they have already lost several elections because of him.