This impeachment of Donald Trump this Tuesday in New York will not be televised, but yes it is depicted. HE Judge Manuel Merchan The one who will preside over the proceedings against the former president and his candidate for the Republican presidential nomination for 2024, on Monday, rejected a request by multiple media outlets to record and broadcast the historic moment in court. what yes will allow up to five photographers to take pictures for “a few minutes” inside opinionplanned for 14:15 (20.15 on mainland Spain).
This case could take a long time. As investigative journalist Michael Işıkoff of Yahoo News argued this Monday night, citing an anonymous source, grand jury He was upheld last Thursday to indict the former president, who has been summoned by Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg since January. 34 counts as a felony for falsifying financial documents.
Although this document forgery constitutes only one in New York lackcan rise crime if it is done to commit or hide another crime. And that’s what the prosecution managed to do, everything. E class offensespunishable with the lowest grade on a five-degree scale in the state penal code one to four years in prisondespite first-time convictions are not usually sentenced to jail time.
Trump’s angry reaction
Only when the charges are formally presented this Tuesday will it be known what blame has been attributed to Trump, but this is presumed to be related to the $130,000 payment he made to porn star Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 presidential election. for (Stephanie Clifford) shut it up in their allegations in 2006. relationship The person who paid Daniels was Michael Cohen, who was Trump’s attorney at the time, but he reimbursed him this money, hiding it under the guise of legal fees.
Trump reacted anger after the news was published Messages on Truth PartnerIt’s his social network. Speaking of the “33-point imputation”, he seized the opportunity: attack the prosecutor again Bragg, whom he still calls a black Democrat in recent days”animal” And “degenerate psychopath”, and ask him to “resign immediately” and blame himself. This time he included one in the discussion. attack on the prosecutor’s wife.
Procedure
A face-to-face meeting between Trump and Bragg will take place this Tuesday. After arriving in New York yesterday, Trump spent the night at Trump Tower. surrender at least one hour before the court date At the prosecutor’s office, where will it be? officially declared guilty.
It will be signed later, but according to Işıkoff Classic photographs will not be taken for criminal record. He will also not be handcuffed or waiting in a custody room to be transferred to the courtroom on the 15th floor.
While the cameras can’t livestream Trump’s reaction to the official indictment before the judge or his plea of not guilty (“not guilty” in English), yes They will be able to show live that they came into the room from the 15th floor corridor. of the building. Normally the cameras are authorized there, and in this case Judge Merchan also authorized the cameras.
Also in the room journalists and the publicor what they have The use of mobile phones, laptops or other electronic devices is prohibited.. Two more rooms in the middle of the building were arranged to accommodate those who could not fit in the room where the hearing would take place.
Although the judge did not allow the live broadcast of the trial, “this is a part of the charge. matter of monumental importance”. “No president in the history of the United States, in office or in the past, has filed a criminal complaint,” the magistrate wrote, adding that “the trial of Mr. unprecedented public and media attention”. Merchan also said, “ The population has the right to demand the most accurate and up-to-date information. available. It would be wrong to claim otherwise.”