| Two Press Banned
from Trump Trial It Is Stated
Access of Others Imperiled So
This Report
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
100
CENTRE ST COURT,
April 23 – As the Trump Trial
slogs forward in New York
State court in lower
Manhattan, the conditions for
reporting differ not only from
those in Georgia - where
camera in the courtroom are
allowed - but even to the
Federal SDNY court a mere two
blocks away.
Inner City Press
which mostly covers SDNY has
in the Trump Trial been in
both the main courtroom
(viewing the back of Trump's
head and fielding questions to
confirm or deny that he
farted) and in the so-called
overflow courtroom down the
hall.
In the latter,
Trump's facial expressions and
those of his lawyers and the
prosecutors are visible in TV
screens in the front, which
some have taken to viewing
through opera glasses.
Not allowed,
though, are cameras or
recorders of any kind.
That is the rule
in SDNY as well, and Inner
City Press obeys in both
places. This is particularly
the case as it has been banned
from the UN for entirely
lawful reporting - it
empathizes and identifies,
seeking to defend, anyone
banned.
Mistakes
are made. This week, the
correspondent of one
high-profile financial
newspaper was officially
called out of the overflow
courtroom, not to return. Then
a seemingly innocent
photograph of another person
in the courtroom, after the
proceeding was over, gave rise
to a request to leave, and
laughter
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