Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee said they want cameras allowed in the courtroom when President Donald Trump appears in federal cases against him.
A spokesperson for the GOP-led committee said they “support cameras in this limited but extraordinary circumstance,” The Washington Examiner reported.
Last week, almost three dozen House Democrats led by Adam Schiff signed a letter for televising Trump’s federal trials for the cases over his alleged mishandling of classified records and trials related to the election interference case.
The letter requests the Judicial Conference “explicitly authorize the broadcasting of court proceedings in the cases of United States of America v. Donald J. Trump.”
Trump attorney John Lauro said he was adamantly in favor of cameras in the courtroom for the cases last week.
“I personally would love to see that,” Lauro told Shannon Bream on Fox News Sunday.
“I’m convinced the Biden administration does not want the American people to see the truth. And they acted on it by filing this protective order, which is an effort to keep important information about this case from the press.”
Currently, a federal rule prevents “the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom.”
But there are arguments against allowing cameras into Trump’s trials.
Former assistant special Watergate prosecutor and a former assistant U.S. attorney, Nick Akerman, wrote in an op-ed for the New York Times there are potential dangers for trial witnesses and jurors if a high-profile trial is televised.
“It is one thing to testify in a public courtroom; it is a whole different level of public exposure to testify before the entire world on television,” Akerman said.
“A witness who is named and pictured on television becomes a sitting duck for any Trump partisan intent on seeking retribution.”
However, Democrats said there is a need for “transparency” and “reliable information” about the case.
The letter states that the public needs “timely access to accurate and reliable information surrounding these cases and all of their proceedings, given the extraordinary national importance to our democratic institutions and the need for transparency.”
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Cameras in the courtroom for a Trump trial would be a ratings gift to CNN.
Why is Traitor Adam Schiff allowed to still be there, breathing and all?
This show gets better and better. Schifty thinks this will hurt President Trump just on optics. l**o, this is great, just think of the millions more folk that will be awakened to the truth after they get to ear and see the evidence of criminal activities not only of the biden family but all those both demon-crats and rino’s alike. All the evidence that President Trump can now ring before the people of not only America but the entire world. All to see live on television. Thanks to Standard motel schift. These idiots forgot they put into place the very thing that will be their down fall, the Patriot Act, the biggest violation of the U.S. Constitution and the expanded power of the NSA. Lol, good job criminals, what do you think he meant when he said “We got it all”. Hey, obama, pelosi, schummer, you all found the P.E.A.D.’s yet. lol. Folks, you all might want to actually research and find out what that bunch and the rino’s really have been looking for wit the spying, and raids on President Trump and folks associated with him. Seems the crime syndicate we call demon-crats and rino’s are worried they are caught in their criminal activities of Treason, Sedition, and Crimes against Humanity.
For good cause, ” We have everything”.
Guantanamo Bay open for b******s, new and improved, it even boast a geriatric ward. Lol