The Justice Department is opposed to having cameras in the courtroom. His trial is set to begin in federal court in Washington, DC, in March. Trump also has seized on the opportunity for cameras, saying it would let him expose what he believes is a wrongful prosecution.
Several national media outlets, including CNN, have asked the federal judge overseeing Trump’s 2020 election subversion criminal case to consider allowing the proceedings to be aired.įederal courts unilaterally bar television cameras, but the press has argued for more transparency into the criminal proceedings-especially given the historic nature of Trump’s case-as a way to grow public confidence in the judicial system and to combat disinformation around the election and the case. They also told the court that broadcasting the trial could create a spectacle that may invite witness intimidation. Trump’s bid to open his DC federal criminal trial to cameras is “a transparent effort to demand special treatment, try his case in the courtroom of public opinion, and turn his trial into a media event,” prosecutors wrote in a new court filing on Monday. The special counsel’s office is pushing back against Donald Trump using his Washington, DC, federal criminal trial as a spectacle, after Trump’s lawyers told the court this weekend he’d support cameras in the courtroom.
