Donald Trump requests TV for his election fraud trial; it’s unlikely

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WASHINGTON – Donald Trump and his lawyers say they support a live television broadcast of his federal election fraud trial next year, a long-shot request for an unprecedented event.

“The prosecution wishes to continue this travesty in darkness,” said a legal petition publicized Saturday by his presidential campaign. “President Trump calls for sunlight.”

Television cameras are forbidden in federal courtrooms.

A group of media companies have asked U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to make an exception for the trial in which Trump is accused of a conspiracy to steal the 2020 election from President Joe Biden.

Trump’s legal team filed a brief Friday in support of the media’s motion.

The trial is scheduled to begin in March.

Legal analyst Joyce Vance, a former federal prosecutor and law professor at the University of Alabama, said she doubted Trump really wants the trial televised.

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