Today Trump will be arrested because of secret documents, but journalists will not be allowed into court

Today, June 13, the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump, will be charged in the case of classified documents. At the same time, by order of the Chief District Judge of the Federal Court of Florida, cameras, mobile phones and electronic devices will be prohibited in the courtroom and courthouse, reports Deadline.

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Formally, Donald Trump will be arrested: he will be fingerprinted, mug shot, perhaps even handcuffed and sent to court. The court will choose a measure of restraint for him, which, most likely, will allow him to be at large until the moment of sentencing.

Meanwhile, Justice of the Peace Jonathan Goodman, who will preside over the trial, denied a media coalition request for cameras, as well as post-trial audio recording.

There will be an additional video feed room, but journalists will have to run outside the courthouse to report on what's going on inside, as their phones will be taken from them at the entrance. Goodman wrote that "permitting photographs would undermine the massive security measures in place."

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Trump was charged with 37 counts of knowingly seizing and concealing classified national defense documents, conspiring to obstruct justice, and making false statements.

Trump will appear before Justice of the Peace John Goodman on June 13. He is not expected to plead guilty. He plans to give a speech later in the evening.

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Media Inquiry

On June 12, a media coalition asked a Miami federal court for "limited photo and video rights in the courtroom and/or outside corridor" prior to Trump's indictment, which is scheduled to begin at 15:00 pm ET.

Denial of access is perfectly normal, and it is traditionally forbidden to remove a criminal proceeding in federal court. But the media coalition said the historical nature of the case warranted an exception.

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The coalition is also asking that the court release its own court records immediately after the indictment.

“The unprecedented and historic nature of these proceedings should warrant same-day access to the records,” they wrote.

“The District Court for the District of Columbia, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals are posting audio recordings of oral arguments and same-day hearings online,” the coalition’s lawyers wrote. — In high-profile cases, the U.S. Supreme Court often releases audio recordings of court hearings on the same day (or shortly thereafter). And in the interests of speed and accuracy, some courts even broadcast high-profile trials live.”

In April, when Trump appeared in court in New York, the judge allowed photographers to briefly enter the hall. But news outlets first had to rely on their own reporters to relay the proceedings, rather than any audio or video recordings. The written transcript was released later in the afternoon.

The coalition wrote in its document that “the need for immediate audio recording is further enhanced by the charged political atmosphere of this case. With Trump declaring that the whole affair is an “illegal witch hunt,” the information vacuum will be filled with wild speculation and speculation. Full transparency—in the form of rapid availability of audio recordings—will ensure the integrity and legitimacy of the case and keep Americans informed on this critically important issue.”

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As ForumDaily wrote earlier:

• On August 8, 2022, the FBI issued a warrant for search at the resort Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, as part of an investigation into the handling of presidential documents, including classified documents that may have been delivered there.
• FBI agents seized secret recordings from the home of the 45th US President Donald Trump in Mar-a-Lago, Florida during an unprecedented search. Some of them have been marked as top secret.
• In this case, the US Department of Justice is investigating, Did the 45th President of the United States Donald Trump violate several federal laws related to the handling of classified documents. But that's not all: several other departments also opened cases against the 45th president.
• In addition, the FBI released the agent's testimony, which became the reason for the search of Trump's estate.
• The US Department of Justice on June 9 published an indictment against Trump for mishandling classified documents after he left his White House post. he faces 400 years in prison.
• About who in the United States has access to top-secret documents and how unique are the papers that Trump took with him to Mar-a-Lago, read in our material.

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