This week, it was announced that the first of Donald Trump's pending criminal trials will begin on March 4th, 2024, for his alleged actions in attempting to overturn the 2020 election.
Trial dates have additionally been set for March 24th and May 20th over Trump’s purported hush money payments to adult film actor Stormi Daniels and for Special Counsel Jack Smith’s case for Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents.
John, we know that Trump and his allies at Fox News and other conservative-friendly outlets are going to do everything they can to push out a steady stream of disinformation in a blatant attempt to undermine the judicial system and the criminal cases against him.
But there’s one solution that would cut through the right-wing’s lies and false spins and give the public a transparent look into an unprecedented criminal trial — televising Trump’s trials live.
We’re not the only ones calling for Trump’s trials to be televised. Earlier this month, a group of 38 House members sent a letter asking for an exception to be made to both the D.C.-based 2020 election case and Florida-based case involving Trump’s improper handling of classified documents given the extraordinary importance to our democratic institutions and the need for transparency.
Currently, cameras are not allowed in federal courtrooms or in New York state courtrooms, where Trump’s hush money payment trial is taking place. Georgia is a different story however — earlier this week, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee granted a request from four local Atlanta news stations to allow cameras in the courtroom.
For the sake of transparency and for our democracy, Trump’s trials must be televised in full to allow the public to witness these historic proceedings. This will not only serve to uphold the rule of law but also reaffirm faith in the process of finding out the truth.
The dangers of choosing not to televise these trials cannot be understated, John. Outlets like Fox News and bad actors like Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson are engines of misinformation for right-wing propaganda and we cannot allow their narratives to become dominant.
At a moment when our democracy’s future is at stake, we must fight to demand the truth.
Thank you for taking action today.
More to come,
— Courier Newsroom
