Trump faces four criminal proceedings, including a trial set for March on charges of attempting to defraud the government and obstructing Congress by knowingly spreading false claims of election fraud.

In the late Friday filing, Trump argued that prosecutors want the trial held “in darkness” as part of what he claims is a politically motivated effort by President Joe Biden’s administration to undermine his bid for re-election next year.

In his latest filing by his lawyers, John Lauro and Todd Blanche, Trump endorsed requests by media organizations that U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan allow live television coverage of the trial.

“Every person in America, and beyond, should have the opportunity to study this case firsthand and watch as, if there is a trial, President Trump exonerates himself of these baseless and politically motivated charges,” said the filing.

  • athos77@kbin.social
    31·
    8 months ago

    No, it’s not that. What’s going to happen is that Faux is going to go through that days testimony and create propaganda films cherry-pick and distort until they have a narrative that says all liberals are evil people who get off on persecuting Trump and the good god-fearing America-loving, Midwesterners and Southerners.

    • girlfreddy@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      8 months ago

      We already have excellent reporting on Trump’s civil trial going on right now, proving that it can be done well.

      • SYLOH@lemmy.world
        21·
        8 months ago

        Yes, but Fox has no incentive to do it well. They have incentive to make an atrocity, and televising it gives them the means to do it.