News Organizations Ask Judge to Allow Broadcast of Trump NY Fraud Trial

Published on January 5, 2024

A group of news organizations including ABC, Associated Press, and CNN are asking a New York judge to allow for the broadcasting of closing arguments of former President Donald Trump’s trial on Jan. 11. “The American public deserves to see and hear for themselves the arguments being made in your honor’s courtroom,” reads a letter to New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron. “Without video coverage in the courtroom, the only video available to the public will be, at best, out-of-courtroom reporting and, at worst, political spin that may have little relationship to what actually transpired in these proceedings.” The media is requesting a single pool videographer who will agree to security clearance checks....

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