Trump's Jan. 6 trial won't be televised. Democrats—and the defendant—want to change that

Late last month, Trump attorney John Lauro—who, by the way, essentially admitted on Thursday that Trump was guilty of at least one of the charges brought against him—made it clear that his client’s Jan. 6 trial should be televised to the nation. And in a rare show of bipartisanship, congressional Democrats are now saying they want exactly the same thing.

It may be tempting to try to dive into the mind of Donald Trump—if it didn’t sound so dangerous and daunting. One wrong turn and you might get trapped in a brief cognitive loop wherein you’re languidly slurping an increasingly pestilent series of parboiled meats off the floor of an elegant, chandelier-bedecked bathroom for the rest of eternity. It’s just not worth it. But without knowing Trump’s “mind,” it’s awfully difficult to assess why on God’s green one he’d ever want his Jan. 6 trial broadcast to the nation.

Though that’s exactly what he—and his lawyers—appear to want. But hey, we’re not here to understand Caesar Augustus Gloop; we’re here to bury him. Or watch in quiet, bemused appreciation as he does all the heavy lifting himself. 

It’s far easier to understand the Democrats’ motivation.