Posted on 06/13/2023 10:53:40 AM PDT by Red Badger
June 13 (UPI) -- The judge presiding over Donald Trump's arraignment Tuesday on federal charges denied a request to allow cameras inside the Miami courtroom.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman also denied a request to release same-day audio recordings of the proceedings involving the former president.
Cameras are typically prohibited in federal criminal proceedings and in and around the courthouse and reporters are not allowed to enter with phones or other recording devices.
The request was filed by a coalition of 26 local and national media organizations.
Goodman did not rule out the possibility of that policy changing as Trump's trial gets underway on 37 counts related to the mishandling of classified documents at his Palm Beach, Fla., resort.
"I follow the 'stay in your lane' philosophy. My involvement in this case will almost certainly end tomorrow. I am handling tomorrow's first appearance and arraignment only because of my status as duty magistrate judge in the Miami Division of this Court," Goodman wrote in his four-page ruling Monday.
"I am not the magistrate judge paired with United States District Judge Aileen M. Cannon and it is highly unlikely that I will be asked to remain involved. So I do not feel it is appropriate for me to rule on what happens in future proceedings when I am not the district court judge and when I will have no involvement whatsoever."
Trump arrived in Miami on Monday. He is scheduled to appear in court beginning at 3 p.m. EDT Tuesday amid heightened security in the federal courthouse.
At about 1:30 EDT, the former president left Mar-a-Lago for the 20-minute drive to the courthouse.
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez said Monday police were preparing for potential crowds of up to 60,000 people.
Trump's motorcade will use an underground tunnel to get into the downtown courthouse.
He is expected to then be processed and fingerprinted before appearing in the courtroom.
Trump is expected to fly back to New Jersey Tuesday after entering a plea.
The former president and an aide are both charged in the indictment after more than 100 top secret papers were seized during a search of Mar-a-Lago in August.
Good!!!!
Apparently, you love when the Big Federal Government hides stuff from you.
If they were just located in the garage, he'd be clear of any charges.
UPI can't get basic facts correct in their garbage reports. He was at Doral, in Miami.
To be fair, only Joe Biden’s garage has been designated a secure facility for the storage of national secrets. So Trump probably should have deposited them there, next to that box of oily rags behind the Trans Am.
At least his garage had Hunter and various female Chinese spies guarding them.
Bad, if you love to see perp walks before a person has been proven guilty.
Yeah that’s your reason for saying it sure. It’s not because you want the video of Trump led into a court to face charges no not at all /s
Of course. The establishment wants total control of the narrative.
Generally speaking, yes. But this is more than just some random perp walk. There's a lot more at stake here.
IMO it's better to spotlight the political prosecution of a leading candidate, by the administration of a trailing candidate.
It's better for Trump and the country to show it.
And don't put words in my mouth. You're not very good at it.
Watching the coverage of all the supporters outside the courthouse. What a difference from an antifa or blm gathering. No violence, nothing being burned, no vehicles being overturned, no fireworks fired at police, no garbage thrown about.......
All reporters should be frisked and wanded for phone or camera equipement. You just know a couple will try to sneak a camera in there anyway. They think those ‘rules of the patriarchy’ exist only for the MAGA crowds, not them!
IMHO the video of Trump facing charges and the relentless MSM spin would be a negative for Trump to 50+% of voters. So your motives may be pure but we disagree on the effect. I am glad the cameras are out.
What if someone wears “a wire” (bluetooth video transmitter) like dozens of confidential informants across the country each day?
Talk about going viral.
Not making a spectacle of Trump.
Okay. I think it's the opposite.
It would make a spectacle of Biden's DOJ.
No one has ever commented on it so I figure it goes unnoticed. FWIW
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