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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsShould the Trump trial be televised, a la OJ ?
I suppose it would have more viewers than the OJ trial if it were to happen.
But after the trial, no one could argue that they did not know what happened during the January 6th insurrection. Ignorance would no longer be an excuse.
Why should it not be televised? Is it not in the national interest?
In my opinion, he should be exposed to all of America.
Ocelot II
(116,428 posts)I'd buy popcorn in bulk and I wouldn't miss a minute.
Pobeka
(4,999 posts)vanlassie
(5,721 posts)tinrobot
(10,950 posts)A trial will already be a spectacle, no reason to add fuel to the fire by giving the buffoon camera time he craves.
I say don't change it. Federal trials don't allow cameras, so leave it at that. Not sure about the possible state trials.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,461 posts)He'll either follow his lawyers' demands or they'll quit.
tinrobot
(10,950 posts)He doesn't always listen.
Besides:
Ohio Joe
(21,797 posts)Any state trials could be though.
C_U_L8R
(45,075 posts)Javaman
(62,588 posts)you know, money.
TigressDem
(5,125 posts)kentuck
(111,147 posts)Then it never happened.
2naSalit
(87,462 posts)Nobody will be convinced otherwise.
Wednesdays
(17,641 posts)RobertDevereaux
(1,871 posts)Bayard
(22,463 posts)H2O Man
(73,923 posts)If a state brings charges, it could be televised. Federal courts do not allow for this.
Fiendish Thingy
(15,807 posts)Note that none of the J6 insurrectionists trials have been televised.
But state trials can.
louis-t
(23,353 posts)Then it should be a 3-part series on American Greed-Scams and Scoundrels.
ZonkerHarris
(24,408 posts)gulliver
(13,225 posts)He would love that, and I would expect him to get it. He'll put out nightly video responses and charge for the feeds.
sarisataka
(19,210 posts)Did I miss something?
brooklynite
(95,405 posts)Ocelot II
(116,428 posts)There might be a few of those, and I'd definitely watch if they happen. The Derek Chauvin trial was riveting, and a Trump trial would be even more popcorn-worthy.