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So today we witnessed the next chapter in the spectacle of the DOJ’s ongoing efforts to “Get Trump” by whatever means necessary. This is all unfolding in Miami, where the former President is facing more than three dozen charges allegedly related to classified documents that he kept in Mar-A-Lago after leaving office. But one element of the initial hearing was changed at the last minute. The media had been throwing fits that the random selection of the judge in the trial went to Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee. So at first glance, it seemed a bit odd that the arraignment...

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...