Civics lesson or reality TV? Calls grow to broadcast Trump trial
Former US president Donald Trump, seen here at an Alabama event on August 4, 2023
August 05, 2023
Los Angeles (AFP) - Calls are growing for Donald Trump's criminal trials to be broadcast live, as the United States grapples with the prospect of seeing a former -- and possibly future -- president in the dock. Lawyers and politicians are lining up to urge that cameras be allowed inside the courtroom, particularly when the one-time reality TV star faces a jury on charges that he tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election. "Given the historic nature of the charges brought forth in these cases, it is hard to imagine a more powerful circumstance for televised proceedings," read a letter sig...