this is an interest to the public. in the federal cases for decades, cameras have not been allowed in the courts. but the state courts are different. and in georgia, there s a possibility that this could be the one case of all four of the cases that has a camera in court from gavel to gavel. what kind of an impact might that make on this particular case? it is going to completely transform this case. i have tried a lot of cases. none of them have had cameras in the courtroom. we have had sketch artists, the gallery pull full of the press, but never have had cameras. if you have cameras, you have to take into account this is going to become not just a circus, but an online phenomenon. think about the johnny depp trial and how clips of that ended up on social media. how each attorney and witness were turned into mini celebrities and people in the public were talking about them. a trial like this of donald
in the afternoon. when this happens, donald trump will be brought into the courthouse and he ll be taken up into the very areas where he ll be arrested and then where he ll be presented before the magistrate judge to face these charges for the first time related to january 6th. it s very likely many members of the special counsel s office will be in the courtroom with him. jack smith special council himself he was in the courthouse with donald trump and his lawyers sitting opposite of him when he was arraigned in florida in the separate case related to the documents. it s quite possible that we see jack smith and donald trump in the same room again today. donald trump is very likely to be sitting at a defense table. he may not address the court at all himself, but his lawyers will and he ll be in that court, we won t have any photos or video of anything that happens inside the courthouse that s how federal court works. however, there are sketch artists that can observe it as
goings will all be noted. sketch artists will have a field day. it s going to be o.j. on steroids. and that s not all. last month fulton county d.a. fani willis sent a letter to the county s sheriff putting him on notice of charging decisions that she ll announce in connection with her investigation of georgia s 2020 election. she wrote these words. i m providing this letter to bring to your attention the need for heightened security and preparedness in the coming months. she noted her timetable was between july 11 and september 1. now, granted there are more individuals than just donald trump whose conduct is being investigated in georgia. but would any of the others warrant notification of the sheriff? of the possibility of unrest? i doubt it. instead, i think she tipped her hand that she intends to indict him. and then there s special counsel jack smith appointed by merrick garland. the wall street journal was the first to report this week that smith has all but finished
pennsylvania, rhode island, indiana. and in may nebraska, west virginia, oregon and washington state. in the thick of that schedule, donald trump will spend a week or two sitting in a manhattan courtroom facing criminal prosecution, and even without cameras in new york courtrooms, his comings and goings will all be noted, sketch artists will have a field day. it s going to be o.j. on steroids. and that s not all. last month fulton county d.a. fani willis sent a letter to the county s sheriff putting him on notice of charging decisions she ll announce in her investigation of georgia s election. and she wrote these words, i m providing this letter to bring to your attention the need for heightened security and preparedness in the coming months. she noted her timetable was between july 11 and september 1. now, granted, there are more individuals than just donald trump whose conduct is being investigated in georgia. but would any of the others