Trump pros­e­cu­tors putting up a fight to keep cam­eras out of court­room

Spe­cial coun­sel Jack Smith urged a fed­er­al judge on Fri­day to bar media out­lets from tele­vis­ing the elec­tion sub­ver­sion case against for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump in Wash­ing­ton, DC.
Last month, attor­neys for a coali­tion of news orga­ni­za­tions, includ­ing NBCU­ni­ver­sal, asked Unit­ed States Dis­trict Judge Tanya S. Chutkan to make an excep­tion to the long­stand­ing rule that pro­hibits broad­cast­ing and pho­tograph­ing crim­i­nal pro­ceed­ings in fed­er­al courts under the Fed­er­al Rule of Crim­i­nal Pro­ce­dure.
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Pros­e­cu­tors are try­ing to uphold the rule that states, “the court must not per­mit the tak­ing of pho­tographs in the court­room dur­ing judi­cial pro­ceed­ings” or broad­cast­ing those pro­ceed­ings unless a judge rules oth­er­wise.
House Democ­rats have also pushed for live broad­cast­ing of the court pro­ceed­ings in the crim­i­nal cas­es against Trump. The for­mer pres­i­den­t’s defense attor­ney John Lau­ro agrees, telling Fox News Sun­day in August he “would love to see that.”
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