Current Events > Donald Trump "demands" DC trial be televised

(+) Yeah! (+)

Former President Donald Trumps legal team has formally told a federal court that he would like his election subversion trial in Washington, DC, to be televised.

Court rules do not allow for broadcasting of federal proceedings, and the Justice Department is opposed to allowing cameras. Several media outlets have asked the court to consider allowing cameras at the historic trial, set for March.

President Trump absolutely agrees, and in fact demands, that these proceedings should be fully televised, his attorneys wrote in the filing late Friday night.

The filing included several of Trumps criticisms that his case is illegitimate and that he is being deprived of his rights, and argued to the court that a televised trial would allow him to overcome the unfairness of the justice system because the public would watch it.

Speaking at a campaign event in New Hampshire on Saturday, Trump said he wants the trial to be seen by everybody in the world.

I want everybody to see all of the horrible things that took place, all of the horrible charges and lets let the public decide because I want cameras in every inch of that courthouse, he said.

In a long-shot attempt, a group of media organizations, including CNN, in October asked the federal judge overseeing the case, Tanya Chutkan, for permission to broadcast the trial given its historic nature. In a separate petition to the judge, NBCUniversal Media argued that the long-standing rule against cameras in federal criminal trials, which dates to the 1940s, is outdated and would violate the First Amendment if strictly enforced in the Trump case.

The media outlets argued there is significant public interest in allowing the trial to be broadcast, positing that video coverage would help undermine conspiracy theories surrounding the case.

Special counsel Jack Smith, who brought the case, opposes televising the federal election subversion trial.

Prosecutors wrote in a filing last week that federal courts are expressly prohibited from allowing proceedings in a courtroom from being broadcast or even photographed and that although the public was allowed to access some proceedings through teleconferences during the Covid-19 pandemic, the exception ended in September for criminal trials.

The former presidents trial is scheduled for March 4.

Trump faces four counts in the case, including conspiring to defraud the United States and to obstruct an official proceeding. The former president has pleaded not guilty.

For once I want what he wants

For once I want what he wants

That's so not going to go how he thinks it will.

Unless getting in front of the cameras is specifically for sending messages to his followers instead of answering lawyer and judge questions.

I can see that being a very real danger.

As much as i would love to see him get roasted.. More then likely its just so he can rant and make political speeches while on the stand and for his lawyers to make political statements non stop while attacking the judge, and do everything he can to get the Juries names and faces out there so his Cult can harass them and their families

As much as i would love to see him get roasted.. More then likely its just so he can rant and make political speeches while on the stand and for his lawyers to make political statements non stop while attacking the judge, and do everything he can to get the Juries names and faces out there so his Cult can harass them and their families

For once I want what he wants

The judge should tell him that he'll get nothing and like it.

Yeah, not sure how to feel about this yet. On the one hand, it's history and people should see it.

On the other hand, if he tries to turn it into a circus and rouse up his supporters, it's going to cause problems and put the judge and the Secret Service in an uncomfortable position.

We're already way past "ugly" with this guy.

I think the best would be to record it, but don't show them until the trial/verdict are completed. That way we have a video record of the proceedings, but won't allow trump friendly media to keep up the "he's being silenced" bullshit when the judge tells him to just answer a question and stop campaigning.

Judge:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/27dd487e.jpg

Im torn on this.

On one hand, it would show the whole country just how guilty he is.

On the other hand, hes going to turn it into a complete shit show/campaign rally.

I don't think he actually wants it televised. He knows that his antics would just get shot down in the courtroom and make him look like a loser.

He's saying this because he is sure they'll never do it. They'll never televise it, so he and his lackeys will just rant about how they're not showing the REAL story of what's happening in the courtroom because they're scared to make the truth known. That way he can act like he's the one with nothing to hide, but the "deep state" is covering up the real story.

Turning Trump into a transcript takes away most of his power because his supporters won't read one.

Im torn on this.

On one hand, it would show the whole country just how guilty he is.

On the other hand, hes going to turn it into a complete shit show/campaign rally.

For once I want what he wants

I don't think he actually wants it televised. He knows that his antics would just get shot down in the courtroom and make him look like a loser.

He's saying this because he is sure they'll never do it. They'll never televise it, so he and his lackeys will just rant about how they're not showing the REAL story of what's happening in the courtroom because they're scared to make the truth known. That way he can act like he's the one with nothing to hide, but the "deep state" is covering up the real story.

I don't think he actually wants it televised. He knows that his antics would just get shot down in the courtroom and make him look like a loser.

He's saying this because he is sure they'll never do it. They'll never televise it, so he and his lackeys will just rant about how they're not showing the REAL story of what's happening in the courtroom because they're scared to make the truth known. That way he can act like he's the one with nothing to hide, but the "deep state" is covering up the real story.