Trump given deadline to decide if he wants his Jan. 6 trial to be televised

A judge set a deadline for Donald Trump to decide whether he wants his federal election subversion trial to be televised.

District Judge Tanya Chutkan notified the former president that he has until Nov. 10 to issue a petition on whether the trial in Washington, D.C. should be broadcast live when it starts, which is scheduled to be almost four months later.

A coalition of media outlets, including ABC News, CBS News, CNN and C-SPAN, has asked the court to allow some type of audio and video access to Trump's trial, on the calendar for March.

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The former president faces four felony counts in special counsel Jack Smith's investigation into his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss.

Trump was also charged in federal court in Florida for his mishandling of classified materials, and he has been charged in Georgia with his efforts to reverse his election loss in that state. In New York, he faces a criminal case involving falsifying business records.

A Fulton County judge issued an order this month to televise the Georgia trial for Trump and his co-defendants.

Trump is currently standing trial in a civil fraud lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James and was recently found liable for sexual abuse in another lawsuit filed by author E. Jean Carroll.