Television cameras and laptops were banned from the courtroom, where Donald Trumpto charge him with what is happening for the first time in history to a former president USA.
In particular, according to the appropriate decision of the judge, five photographers will be allowed into the hall, but TV cameras will have to remain outside, and journalists who will follow the process will not even be able to have a laptop with them. , he decided late yesterday evening, on Monday, Judge Juan Mercan.
A circus will be created.
News organizations such as the New York Daily News asked Merchan to give reporters full access to the process.
The Manhattan Attorney General’s office did not comment, but Trump’s lawyers asked the judge to deny the press groups’ request, saying it would create a “circus atmosphere.”
At the same time, they expressed concerns about security and stressed that the ex-president is concerned that “an increased presence of the press will inevitably lead to bias.”
Daniels case and indictment
It is noted that Trump, who is seeking his return to power in connection with the 2024 elections, left his residence in Florida yesterday afternoon and went to his hometown of New York, where he will appear in court today to face charges. with the well-known Stormy Daniels case.
“At no time in the history of the United States has a sitting or former president been charged,” he said in his ruling, noting that the trial generated “unprecedented public interest and media attention.”
The exact indictment handed down by the grand jury has yet to be made public. It is known, however, that she revolves around how money spent by Trump on porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, the year of the presidential election, was disclosed to the tax authorities in order to prevent her from disclosing information about sexual relations with whom she allegedly had an affair. him many years before he entered politics.
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