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The Trump Proceedings WILL Be Televised and Streamed Live on YouTube, Judge Rules in Georgia (www.mediaite.com)
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The Georgia trial of Donald Trump on charges he conspired to overturn the 2020 election will be televised and streamed live, according to Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee.

McAfee issued an order Thursday stating that all court proceedings involving Trump and his 18 co-conspirators will be broadcast via a television pool. The Fulton Co. Courts’ YouTube channel will stream the trials live.

In addition, the judge ruled that reporters will be allowed to have computers and cell phones inside the courtroom, as long as they don’t record the proceedings.

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[–] 30 points 3 years ago (19 children)

I mean, I suppose that's good, but it feels like his ego doesn't need the attention. He's going to try to find a way to make it part of his campaign, and his supporters are going to eat it up.

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  • [–] 41 points 3 years ago (13 children)

    This is his worst nightmare, he can't control the narrative

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  • [–] 43 points 3 years ago (9 children)

    He's going to have to sit still for hours, and if he starts acting up the judge will tell him to shut up or throw him in contempt.

    Dude can't handle debates because a moderator might tell him what to do. He won't be able to handle court that's livestreamed with a judge.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago* (8 children)

    Nah. He's not like that in court. You can watch him in any of his previous court appearances (he's been there a lot). He sits there and listens and says I don't recall a lot, or he answers questions.

    Trump knows how courts work. He doesn't grandstand when he's there.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    True, but this is the first time he will have a real live audience...

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  • [–] -2 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    It's still a court room. It's not like there's stadium seating.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Well, it'll be on YouTube, so there kind of is.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    Uh no. He's not going to see everyone in the same room with him. It's a court room.

    Look, I'd love for it to be a ridiculous clown show as much as anyone else but your in for a lot of disappointment if that's what you're expecting. He's going to sit there and act just like hes acted in all the other many many court cases he's been in.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    He doesn't need to see his audience to know they're there.

    But yeah, it's a court case, so it's going to be boring. But I think he'll need to do something to keep his base interested, and just saying "I don't recall" isn't going to cut it.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    There'll be more people watching than likely any other live event in history; he quite literally will never have and has never had a larger platform.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    I guess.
    Except for that time he was president lol.

    You have this fantasy of how it's going to go, but the reality is going to much more boring. The guy has been in a lot court rooms. It's a game he knows well.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    What, you think his base is going to believe "The Media"? This is fantastic for him. It gives him the same kind of attention he got in the lead up to the 2016 election, and won him the election.

    This will only be a dumpster fire where people who hate him will get to lounge in their schadenfreude, and the people who love him will get to martyr him with all the conspiracy theories they'll come up with to explain away his guilt. The only people who will suffer will be the people who want this clownshow to end for good.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    His base will never change, they are a cult and believe what they want to believe. This will just further bury Trump in the eyes of the moderate R's, the ones who held their nose and voted for Biden, or just abstained from voting last time. It will pull the big donors away from Trump. And it will burn his legacy, which is the worst thing you can do to him.

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  • [–] 25 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Oh i hope he tries. The only way that works is with lies and that ain't gonna fly in court.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Not really.

    He can get external commentators to do the lying.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    Calling it now. This is going to be too juicy to avoid airing live on every major news network, but Fox is going to mute most of the audio and have their commentators talk over it. That way their viewers can feel informed and say they watched the trial, all while safely continuing to live in a misinformation bubble.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    That might be good too though. Like if a bunch of unreconstructed Trumpers vote Trump in the next election, and he's either jailed or not the candidate... that paves the way for a pretty easy Democrat victory.

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    • [–] 23 points 3 years ago (8 children)

    Is he going on the stand?

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  • [–] 19 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    His age and drug habits would make that a terrible move, on top of the fact he literally cannot shut up. If he had good lawyers, there would be no possible way in hell they would physically allow him to take the stand even if he insisted on it. Luckily for anyone rooting against him, he has truly terrible lawyers that know they're probably not getting paid at the end of this either way.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    He might. That’s a choice he and his lawyers will make.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago

    I can't remember which investigation it was while he was president, but the lawyers argued he's too dumb or incompetent to be deposed without perjuring himself. Eventually they agreed to 10 questions written and he was allowed lawyers with him to answer.

    Any good lawyer will tell the court he isn't testifying and try to keep trump from talking in and out the court.

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    • [–] 18 points 3 years ago

    Our countries politics is a literal fucking circus, now televised for the masses.

    Here’s to hoping this clown gets what he deserves though.

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    [–] 12 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    Oh my God he is going to finally get his ratings.

    I cannot wait to hear the reaction when he realizes no one tuned in to watch him get crowned but a ton of people wanted to watch him get bracelets.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Eh, I'm not going to bother watching, he's just not that interesting. Though I may watch it later if he somehow gets out of the charges.

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    • [–] 11 points 3 years ago* (4 children)

    There’s no way I’ll watch a single second of that shitshow. I’ll check next day news on the bullet points. That fuckstick isn’t getting one second of viewership from me.

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    • [–] 7 points 3 years ago

    This will be interesting.

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    [–] 7 points 3 years ago

    Lllllet's get ready to ruuummblllllllllllllllle

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    [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Say eat you want, but when it comes to live entertainment, Trump delivers.

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    • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Why wasn't the Epstein trials live on YouTube?

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

    Eptsein pled guilty in 2005. There wasn't much of a trial and YouTube was brand new, it did not have live streaming.

    Maxwell was charged and convicted in federal court where cameras are not allowed.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    2005 ?!?!?!?!?! Whaaaat? How old am I?!?!??

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    The arrest where Epstein totally disabled cameras put two guards to sleep and then killed himself in a PC cell on suicide watch happened in 2019; before he was on trial for the latest information relating to his sex trafficking. He also plead guilty to a similar crime in 2005.

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