A judge presiding over the case after former President Donald Trump’s indictment by Georgia on sweeping racketeering charges has ruled that cameras will be allowed inside the courtroom, and the proceedings can be streamed on YouTube.
Judge Scott McAfee, who has presided over other court hearings, came out of his courtroom to announce a decision during a court conference call on how his court will handle media access.
Court documents dated 22 August showed that multiple media The organizations requested that Judge McAfee allow cameras to be installed at the court hearing in the state’s case against Trump, asking for the ability to record images and sound.
“In line with the spirit of transparency here,” McAfee said. “We have followed Judge McBurney’s model, and we are livestreaming all of our major proceedings on a YouTube channel provided by Fulton County.”
McAfee said, “We plan to do the same in this case. So there will be a YouTube feed the whole time.”
Trump issued its notification on Thursday supervising judge His criminal case in Georgia is that he is waiving his right to appear at the arraignment hearing. In doing so, Trump said he was pleading not guilty to the 13-count indictment.
Trump, along with 18 others, convicted In an alleged plan to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. All of the defendants face at least one charge of violating the state’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.