Trump joins media outlets in pushing for his federal election interference case to be televised
1 year, 1 month ago

Trump joins media outlets in pushing for his federal election interference case to be televised

LA Times  

Donald Trump is pushing for his federal election interference trial in Washington to be televised, joining media outlets that say the public should be able to watch the case unfold. Federal court rules prohibit broadcasting proceedings, but the Associated Press and other news organizations say the unprecedented trial of a former president on accusations of trying to subvert voters’ will warrants an exception. “The prosecution wishes to continue this travesty in darkness and I want sunlight.” Lawyers for Trump wrote in court papers filed late Friday that all Americans should be able to observe what they characterize as a politically motivated prosecution of the Republican front-runner in polls for his party’s 2024 presidential nomination. News outlets wrote to Chutkan last month saying that a lack of transparency can sow distrust in the legal system, and calling that particularly dangerous considering that “a polarized electorate includes tens of millions of people who, according to opinion polls, still believe that the 2020 election was decided by fraud.” “It would be a great loss if future generations of Americans were forever deprived of being able to access and view the events of this trial even years after the verdict, which would immeasurably improve the ability of future journalists and historians to retell accurately and meaningfully analyze this unique chapter of American history,” Rebecca Blumenstein, president of editorial for NBC News, wrote in a court filing.

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Special counsel evaluating how to wind down two federal cases against Trump after presidential win
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Special counsel evaluating how to wind down two federal cases against Trump after presidential win

LA Times  

Donald Trump speaks after voting on at the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center on Tuesday in Palm Beach, Fla. Special counsel Jack Smith is evaluating how to wind down the two federal cases against Donald Trump before the president-elect takes office in light of longstanding Justice Department policy that says sitting presidents cannot be prosecuted, a person familiar with …

'Faulty premise': CBS lawyers clap back at Trump's legal threat
2 months ago

'Faulty premise': CBS lawyers clap back at Trump's legal threat

Raw Story  

Attorneys for CBS News are pushing back on former President Donald Trump's legal threats to the network over Vice President Kamala Harris' interview, CNN reported Wednesday. The letter, delivered to Trump's counsel, noted that CBS has a First Amendment right to do what it wants with Harris' interview, and that Trump's legal team hasn't provided any basis to sue over …

Trump again ignores First Amendment and says news network should be investigated
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump again ignores First Amendment and says news network should be investigated

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I’ve never seen this before, but the producers of 60 Minutes sliced and diced …

Trump trials: Trump's lawyers just won't take no for an answer in the Jan. 6 case.
54 years, 11 months ago

Trump trials: Trump's lawyers just won't take no for an answer in the Jan. 6 case.

Slate  

Donald Trump has been convicted of 34 felony counts in the New York hush money case—but there’s a lengthy appeals process ahead. Last week, Trump’s defense filed more court documents seeking to dismiss the election interference case and stall the classified documents appeals process. Trump Pushes to Dismiss the Jan. 6 Case In a court filing that was meant to …

January 6 evidence against Trump may be released before election after judge’s decision
3 months, 2 weeks ago

January 6 evidence against Trump may be released before election after judge’s decision

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Prosecutors may release never-before-seen evidence in the federal election interference …

Trump claims he had the right to interfere in the 2020 election
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump claims he had the right to interfere in the 2020 election

Daily Mail  

Former President Donald Trump issued a blunt statement in a Fox News interview that he had 'every right' to interfere in a presidential election, while expressing amazement at how his poll numbers jumped after getting indicted. Trump's statement echoes arguments by his legal team in an immunity case that his interventions with state election authorities fall within the purview of …

Justice Department wants more time on Trump election interference case
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Justice Department wants more time on Trump election interference case

NPR  

Justice Department wants more time on Trump election interference case toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images The Justice Department is asking for more time to review the landmark Supreme Court ruling that granted former President Donald Trump substantial immunity from prosecution, further deferring the federal election interference case. Lawyers for Special Counsel Jack Smith wrote U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan ahead …

Prosecutors seek to bar Trump from statements endangering law enforcement in classified records case
7 months ago

Prosecutors seek to bar Trump from statements endangering law enforcement in classified records case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors on Friday asked the judge overseeing the classified documents case against Donald Trump to bar the former president from public statements that “pose a significant, imminent, and foreseeable danger to law enforcement agents” participating in the prosecution. The request to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon follows a distorted claim by Trump earlier this week that the …

Donald Trump may be stuck in a Manhattan courtroom, but he knows his favorite legal analysts
7 months ago

Donald Trump may be stuck in a Manhattan courtroom, but he knows his favorite legal analysts

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — If there are bragging rights associated with Donald Trump praising your legal acumen when he speaks after a day’s testimony at his criminal trial, Fox News analyst Andy McCarthy has already been cited at least a dozen times. “Every legal scholar says, `They don’t have a case,’” Trump has said more than once while reading back supportive …

Trump seen editing angry speeches before allies gave them outside court: reporter
7 months, 1 week ago

Trump seen editing angry speeches before allies gave them outside court: reporter

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's allies have been packing the New York City courtroom where he's standing trial — and speaking out in his defense in statements that come close to violating the gag order imposed on him. Doug Burgum have given impassioned speeches outside the courtroom parroting Trump's accusation of a political witch hunt and attacking witnesses and the judge's family members. …

Judge in Trump’s classified documents case cancels May trial date; no new date set
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Judge in Trump’s classified documents case cancels May trial date; no new date set

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The federal judge in Florida presiding over the classified documents prosecution of former President Donald Trump has canceled the May 20 trial date, postponing it indefinitely. Cannon said in a five-page order Tuesday that it would be “imprudent” to finalize a new trial date now, casting further doubt on federal prosecutors’ ability to bring Trump to trial before …

Trump faces Supreme Court immunity test as ‘hush money’ trial continues
8 months ago

Trump faces Supreme Court immunity test as ‘hush money’ trial continues

Al Jazeera  

More witness testimony in New York as top court decides if Trump can be prosecuted in separate federal election case. Former United States President Donald Trump faces legal tests in New York and Washington on Thursday in two separate cases that hang over his campaign to return to the Oval Office in the November election. “The judge isn’t allowing me …

How's the US media covering Donald Trump's ‘trial of the century’? Jon Stewart's no holds barred teardown
8 months ago

How's the US media covering Donald Trump's ‘trial of the century’? Jon Stewart's no holds barred teardown

Hindustan Times  

In an unprecedented move America's former US President is on trial in Manhattan Court in the infamous hush money trial and so is the US media that has pulled out all stops to cover it. 'It's a test of media's ability to cover Donald Trump in a responsible way', said Jon Stewart as he opened the Daily Show to analyse …

Keeping Up With the Trump Trials: Bad News for Jack Smith’s Election Interference Case
8 months ago

Keeping Up With the Trump Trials: Bad News for Jack Smith’s Election Interference Case

Slate  

Keeping up with Donald Trump’s court schedule is a dizzying task, since he faces two federal trials, a criminal trial in Georgia, and two separate civil and criminal trials in New York. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court seemed skeptical of the Department of Justice’s legal strategy for charging hundreds of defendants who participated in the violent insurrection at the Capitol—and their …

Without cameras to go live, the Trump trial is proving the potency of live blogs as news tools
8 months ago

Without cameras to go live, the Trump trial is proving the potency of live blogs as news tools

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — They watched from the courtroom or via closed-circuit television in an overflow room — roughly 140 reporters, most with laptops or other silenced electronic devices, serving up news at its most elemental and in rapid-fire fashion. While such blogs often supplement traditional television coverage of big events like the Academy Awards or election nights — it’s known …

Without cameras to go live, the Trump trial is proving the potency of live blogs as news tools
8 months ago

Without cameras to go live, the Trump trial is proving the potency of live blogs as news tools

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Traditional outlets like The New …

Column: Without cameras in the courtroom, Trump has already won a major victory in hush money trial
8 months ago

Column: Without cameras in the courtroom, Trump has already won a major victory in hush money trial

LA Times  

If a former president nods off in a courtroom and no cameras are around to see it, did it really happen? The case of the People of the State of New York vs. Donald J. Trump got underway Monday, and while the fate of the forthcoming election — and perhaps democracy itself — may teeter on the outcome, the public …

US court rejects last-minute bid to halt Trump's hush money trial; opening statements set for April 22
8 months ago

US court rejects last-minute bid to halt Trump's hush money trial; opening statements set for April 22

New Indian Express  

Trump has spent the week sitting quietly in the courtroom as lawyers pressed potential jurors on their views about him in a search for any bias that would preclude them from hearing the case. "This Trial is a Long, Rigged, Endurance Contest, dealing with Nasty, Crooked People, who want to DESTROY OUR COUNTRY," he wrote Friday on social media. Others …

What the public thinks of the Trump trials: The pundits are wrong—there are plenty of people who could still be influenced.
8 months ago

What the public thinks of the Trump trials: The pundits are wrong—there are plenty of people who could still be influenced.

Slate  

Four days in, and with the jury just selected, those in the commentariat class are already ready to offer their closing arguments in Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial. Our Slate colleague Richard Hasen, in the L.A. Times, declared, “I have a hard time even mustering a ‘meh.’ ” It’s understandable to feel jaded by what has been a yearslong …

Why Americans can't see inside Trump's hush money trial
8 months, 1 week ago

Why Americans can't see inside Trump's hush money trial

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — It’s a moment in history — the first U.S. president facing criminal charges in an American courtroom. Former President Donald Trump, left, with his attorney Todd Blanche, speaks to reporters outside of the courtroom following the first day of jury selection for his trial at the Manhattan criminal court in New York, on Monday, April 15, 2024. …

Trump trial: Why can’t Americans see or hear what is going on inside the courtroom?
8 months, 1 week ago

Trump trial: Why can’t Americans see or hear what is going on inside the courtroom?

New Indian Express  

To Kovner and others, that’s outrageous. “We’re the media capital of the world, we like to think, and the fact that cameras aren’t permitted in one of our three branches of government is unacceptable,” said New York State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, who has “It’s one of the most consequential trials of our modern age,” the senator said. “I think the …

Trump trial: Why can’t Americans see or hear what’s happening inside N.Y. courtroom?
8 months, 1 week ago

Trump trial: Why can’t Americans see or hear what’s happening inside N.Y. courtroom?

LA Times  

An artist’s sketch of former President Trump in Manhattan state court on April 15. That’s all because New York state law regarding media coverage of court proceedings is one of the most restrictive in the country. Regulations limiting media coverage in courtrooms date back nearly a century, when the spectacle of bright flashbulbs and camera operators standing on witness tables …

US judges reject Trump’s attempt to dismiss charges in two criminal cases
8 months, 3 weeks ago

US judges reject Trump’s attempt to dismiss charges in two criminal cases

Al Jazeera  

Trump has sought to dismiss cases accusing him of election interference in Georgia and of retaining classified files at his Mar-a-Lago estate. Donald Trump has suffered setbacks in two criminal cases against him, after judges in the United States nixed the former president’s efforts to dismiss charges over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his handling of classified …

Supreme Court sets April arguments over whether Trump can be prosecuted for election interference
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court sets April arguments over whether Trump can be prosecuted for election interference

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges he interfered with the 2020 election, calling into question whether his case could go to trial before the November election. Though their Supreme Court filing did not explicitly mention the upcoming November election or Trump’s status as the Republican primary …

US Federal Judge Defers Donald Trump’s March Trial Over Bid To Overturn 2020 Election
10 months, 3 weeks ago

US Federal Judge Defers Donald Trump’s March Trial Over Bid To Overturn 2020 Election

ABP News  

A federal judge in Washington has formally deferred Donald Trump's March trial on allegations of trying to disrupt the 2020 election, while a major legal appeal from the former president remains unresolved in court, news agency Associated Press reported. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan postponed the March 4 trial date in the lawsuit brought by Justice Department special …

Trump trial news: Will the Supreme Court get involved?
1 year ago

Trump trial news: Will the Supreme Court get involved?

Slate  

Keeping up with Donald Trump’s court schedule is a dizzying task, since he faces two federal trials, a criminal trial in Georgia, and two separate civil and criminal trials in New York. An appeals court upheld the gag order on Trump in his election interference case, though the court modified it so it’s easier for the former president to publicly …

Column: Trump’s legal strategy makes a lot of noise, but it hasn’t solved his problems in court
1 year, 1 month ago

Column: Trump’s legal strategy makes a lot of noise, but it hasn’t solved his problems in court

LA Times  

Former President Trump, waiting to testify in New York last week, has portrayed himself as a martyr — helping his standing in GOP polls if not in the courts. “The judges are bending over backwards to avoid litigation over whether Trump’s rights are being infringed,” said Donald B. Ayer, who was a top Justice Department official in the George H.W. …

Trump Pushing For His Federal Election Interference Case To Be Televised
1 year, 1 month ago

Trump Pushing For His Federal Election Interference Case To Be Televised

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Donald Trump is pushing for his federal election interference trial in Washington to be televised, joining media outlets that say the American public should be able to watch the historic case unfold. “President Trump absolutely agrees, and in fact demands, that these proceedings should be fully televised so that the American public can see firsthand that this …

Trump joins media outlets in pushing for his federal election interference case to be televised
1 year, 1 month ago

Trump joins media outlets in pushing for his federal election interference case to be televised

Associated Press  

Donald Trump is pushing for his federal election interference trial in Washington to be televised, joining media outlets that say the American public should be able to watch the historic case unfold. “President Trump absolutely agrees, and in fact demands, that these proceedings should be fully televised so that the American public can see firsthand that this case, just like …

Will Donald Trump’s trial be televised?
1 year, 1 month ago

Will Donald Trump’s trial be televised?

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The former president is expected to take the …

Trump's lawyers urge judge to dismiss federal election interference case
1 year, 2 months ago

Trump's lawyers urge judge to dismiss federal election interference case

NPR  

Trump's lawyers urge judge to dismiss federal election interference case Enlarge this image toggle caption Charles Krupa/AP Charles Krupa/AP Lawyers for former President Donald Trump exhorted a judge to dismiss the federal election interference case against him, arguing that the Justice Department is criminalizing "core political speech" protected by the First Amendment and selectively targeting him for prosecution. Trump's legal …

Trump trials update: Donald Trump’s No Good, Very Bad Week
1 year, 2 months ago

Trump trials update: Donald Trump’s No Good, Very Bad Week

Slate  

Keeping up with Trump’s court schedule is a dizzying task, since he faces two federal trials, a criminal trial in Georgia, and two separate civil and criminal trials in New York. Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro took plea deals Two of Trump’s former attorneys accepted plea deals for charges brought by Atlanta-area District Attorney Fani Willis in her 2020 election …

Citing Trump’s online attacks, US prosecutors seek protections for potential jurors in election case
1 year, 2 months ago

Citing Trump’s online attacks, US prosecutors seek protections for potential jurors in election case

Associated Press  

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday urged the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s election interference case in Washington to take steps to protect the identity of prospective jurors, citing the former president’s “continued use of social media as a weapon of intimidation in court proceedings.” Special counsel Jack Smith’s team wants U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to issue a written questionnaire to help …

Trump turns his fraud trial into a campaign stop as he seeks to capitalize on his legal woes
1 year, 2 months ago

Trump turns his fraud trial into a campaign stop as he seeks to capitalize on his legal woes

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s court appearances are no longer distractions from his campaign to return to the White House. “It’s a witch hunt and a disgrace.” Former President Donald Trump speaks with journalists during a midday break from court proceedings in New York, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. “Every day is a day on the stump, whether it’s in Iowa, …

How Trump Plans to Fight His Federal Election-Interference Case
1 year, 3 months ago

How Trump Plans to Fight His Federal Election-Interference Case

Live Mint  

WASHINGTON—With less than six months to prepare for his federal election-interference trial, Donald Trump’s lawyers are turning to a familiar strategy for the former president: long-shot legal motions that publicly criticize the case and raise novel questions that could serve to delay it. Lauro said they would abide by Chutkan’s trial schedule “as we must,” but he vowed to challenge …

Trump is back and the liberal American media are loving it
1 year, 3 months ago

Trump is back and the liberal American media are loving it

Al Jazeera  

On August 14, the evening of former US President Donald Trump’s fourth criminal indictment of 2023, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow hosted former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to discuss the indictments and the general domestic state of affairs. One clip from the interview, posted to MSNBC’s social media networks, is titled “Hillary Clinton laments political system that rewards theatre over …

Donald Trump Racketeering Case: Trial to Be Livestreamed on YouTube, Says Judge McAfee
1 year, 3 months ago

Donald Trump Racketeering Case: Trial to Be Livestreamed on YouTube, Says Judge McAfee

News 18  

Judge Scott McAfee who is overseeing the election interference case against former US president Donald Trump and 18 other co-conspirators said that the court proceedings will be livestreamed. Judge McAfee said that the trial of former US president Donald Trump will be broadcast on the Fulton County Court YouTube channel, the Hill said in a report. Former US president Trump …

Should Trump's trial be televised?
1 year, 4 months ago

Should Trump's trial be televised?

NPR  

Should Trump's trial be televised? Although Trump's own attorney, John Lauro, has also called for a televised trial, getting permission to broadcast the proceedings "would be pretty cumbersome to do," says Gabe Roth, executive director of the advocacy group Fix the Court. "There's always a bell curve of people, and so the issue is whether it's significantly important to a …

Trump was told not to talk to witnesses in 2020 election conspiracy case. That could be a challenge
1 year, 4 months ago

Trump was told not to talk to witnesses in 2020 election conspiracy case. That could be a challenge

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — It was a routine part of a federal court hearing: The defendant was told not to discuss the case with any witnesses without lawyers present. On Friday, just a day after his latest arraignment, Trump made this proclamation, in all capital letters, on his Truth Social site: “If you go after me, I’m coming after you.” Federal prosecutors …

Opinion: Trump’s trials should be televised
1 year, 4 months ago

Opinion: Trump’s trials should be televised

LA Times  

Former President Donald Trump in court for an arraignment in April in New York. On Thursday, a group of Democratic congressional representatives led by California’s Adam Schiff wrote the Judicial Conference of the United States urging that televising the federal trials of Donald Trump is vital “if the public is to fully accept the outcome.” It’s impossible to exaggerate the …

Trump demands cameras in courtroom for potential election fraud case
1 year, 5 months ago

Trump demands cameras in courtroom for potential election fraud case

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Trump has said that he received a …

The trial America deserves to watch
1 year, 6 months ago

The trial America deserves to watch

Raw Story  

Donald Trump’s criminal trial in federal court in Florida is scheduled to begin in August, although most likely it’ll be months later, given all the issues around classified documents and Trump’s penchant for delay as a legal strategy. In the Senate, Republicans Chuck Grassley and John Cornyn have been joined by Democrats Amy Klobuchar, Dick Durbin, Richard Blumenthal, and Ed …

Despite serious legal threat, Trump turns day in court into a campaign event
1 year, 6 months ago

Despite serious legal threat, Trump turns day in court into a campaign event

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s four years in the White House, even on some of the most consequential days of his presidency, were punctuated by the spectacle and attempts at showmanship he cultivated from years as a tabloid fixture and reality star. FROM NEW YORK TO FLORIDA There was less visibility in the proceedings in Miami federal court than there …

How did TV cover Trump’s arraignment? It depends on who you watched
1 year, 8 months ago

How did TV cover Trump’s arraignment? It depends on who you watched

LA Times  

The arraignment of former President Trump in a Manhattan criminal court on Tuesday created one of those increasingly rare collective TV viewing experiences with every cable news channel and broadcast network focused on the proceedings. “Somebody who has been the president of the United States of America was just fingerprinted and booked and processed to head into a courtroom to …

Trump's lawyers are terrified of what he'll say if cameras are allowed in the court: analyst
1 year, 8 months ago

Trump's lawyers are terrified of what he'll say if cameras are allowed in the court: analyst

Raw Story  

Reporters are trying to ask New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Manuel Merchan, the officer presiding over former President Donald Trump's arraignment tomorrow, to waive a state law that forbids cameras from the courtroom. That's for very good reason from their perspective, argued political analyst Gloria Borger on CNN Monday, as their client is a loose cannon who plays to …

Trump lawyers ask New York judge to BAN cameras from court when he is indicted
1 year, 8 months ago

Trump lawyers ask New York judge to BAN cameras from court when he is indicted

Daily Mail  

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have filed a motion asking the judge overseeing his indictment in Manhattan to keep cameras out of the courtroom to avoid a spectacle when he enters his plea. Media outlets including NBC News and the New York Times sought to allow cameras to record Trump's plea for the historic first time a former president …

Alex Murdaugh’s trial proves cameras don’t belong in the courtroom
1 year, 9 months ago

Alex Murdaugh’s trial proves cameras don’t belong in the courtroom

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Although defendants have a right to …

By filming trials, we risk turning justice into reality television
2 years, 1 month ago

By filming trials, we risk turning justice into reality television

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. If the trial itself – the …

Panel weighs expanding use of cameras in Minnesota courts
2 years, 11 months ago

Panel weighs expanding use of cameras in Minnesota courts

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota court advisory committee met again Friday to examine whether to allow more video coverage of criminal trial proceedings, with some members expressing hesitation toward expanding the use of cameras in courts. Ramsey County Judge Richard Kyle Jr. said hesitation from Minnesota judges and attorneys about livestreaming the Chauvin trial became praise for how smooth the proceedings …

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