Former President Donald Trump’s trial for interfering in the presidential election count in Georgia in 2020 will be televised and livestreamed, a judge has ruled.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee ruled Thursday that all hearings and trials in the sprawling case involving Mr. Trump and more than a dozen co-defendants will be aired on television and allowed to be livestreamed on the internet.
The livestream will be available on the Fulton County Court YouTube channel, and broadcast media can have pool access, meaning multiple news organizations will share camera access in the courtroom. Reporters in the courtroom will also be allowed to have their cellphones and computers for note-taking purposes only.
Mr. Trump has pleaded not guilty to the 13 felony counts in connection to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. He surrendered last week at the jail and had this mugshot taken along with the 18 others charged in the case.
The judge’s ruling only applies to the trial if it remains under state jurisdiction. If any part of the case gets moved to federal court, as some of the defendants have requested, no media would be allowed inside the courtroom.
The case is the only one of Mr. Trump’s four upcoming criminal trials that will allow cameras to record court proceedings. In Georgia, cameras are allowed into the courtroom with a judge’s permission.
In New York courtrooms, cameras are not typically allowed, but for Mr. Trump’s arraignment in April for his charges on allegedly falsifying business records, cameras were permitted inside briefly before the hearing started.
• Mallory Wilson can be reached at mwilson@washingtontimes.com.
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