Let Americans decide for themselves: Televise Trump’s trials

Whether you love Trump or hate him, what’s happening in courtrooms across America may well determine our next president. Televising Trump’s trials is necessary to ensure that the 2024 presidential election is as fair as it can possibly be.

On Nov. 3, Special Counsel Jack Smith asked the court to deny applications by a group of media organizations to “record and telecast” the upcoming election interference trial.

That same day, a federal appeals court paused the gag order imposed on Trump in the case. But the order could still be reinstated, blocking Trump from attacking many aspects of the prosecution against him — a cornerstone of his 2024 presidential campaign.

The media outlets, in their request for cameras in the courtroom, wrote that the nation has never “had a federal criminal trial that warrants audiovisual access more than the federal prosecution of former President Trump.”

On Nov. 11, Trump’s lawyers backed the media’s request to allow cameras in the courtroom, arguing that the cameras would show how “unfairly” Trump is being treated by the justice system to the American public.