WASHINGTON — Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee said Thursday that all court proceedings related to former President Donald Trump will be live streamed and televised.
McAfee also said that members of the press will be allowed to use their computers and cellphones inside the courtroom provided that the devices are not used to record the trial. Cameras and recording equipment are almost never allowed in federal court, where Trump is facing two different sets of charges brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith.
However, the court in Fulton County regularly broadcasts judicial proceedings on its YouTube channel.
The broadcasting of Trump’s proceedings would give the public unprecedented access to what will be one of the most high-profile trials in American history.
Earlier this month, congressional Democrats, led by California Rep. Adam Schiff called for Trump’s federal criminal trials to be televised.
“If the public is to fully accept the outcome, it will be vitally important for it to witness, as directly as possible, how the trials are conducted, the strength of the evidence adduced and the credibility of witnesses,” Schiff and 37 members of his caucus wrote in a letter to Judge Roslynn Mauskopf, who heads the administrative offices of U.S. Courts.
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