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lindysalsagal

(20,782 posts) Mon Apr 22, 2024, 01:29 PM Apr 22

Anyone know a legitimate reason TSF is being given a mic & camera inside the courthouse every day?

He's obviously trying to influence the jury.

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Anyone know a legitimate reason TSF is being given a mic & camera inside the courthouse every day? (Original Post) lindysalsagal Apr 22 OP

Secret Service request. Cattledog Apr 22 #1

Maybe news media wants it? bucolic_frolic Apr 22 #2

For safety reasons, gab13by13 Apr 22 #3

The jury won't hear him; they'd have been taken out the back door Ocelot II Apr 22 #4

Sure, but, reality is, TV is covering it all, including MSNBC. lindysalsagal Apr 22 #5

The courthouse is a public building. Can they legitimately exclude the media Ocelot II Apr 22 #6

Some of the greatest soldiers AGAINST authoritarianism... WarGamer Apr 22 #9

Abject greed on the part of the media, as it's been for the last 9 years. fierywoman Apr 22 #7

He's not. Fiendish Thingy Apr 22 #8

I was wondering about the curious phrasing in the OP. Liberal In Texas Apr 22 #10

I'm surprised that there are no hecklers JoseBalow Apr 22 #11

It's clearly within the secure area, so no civilians. lindysalsagal Apr 22 #12

Because whomever gets the best shot of him bloviating gets the most clicks. OldBaldy1701E Apr 22 #13

Proof of what he's been saying out there jmowreader Apr 22 #14

Cattledog

(5,920 posts)

1. Secret Service request.

Reply to lindysalsagal (Original post)

Mon Apr 22, 2024, 01:30 PM

Apr 22

bucolic_frolic

(43,430 posts)

2. Maybe news media wants it?

Reply to lindysalsagal (Original post)

Mon Apr 22, 2024, 01:32 PM

Apr 22

gab13by13

(21,477 posts)

3. For safety reasons,

Reply to lindysalsagal (Original post)

Mon Apr 22, 2024, 01:36 PM

Apr 22

The mic to hear when he farts, and the camera to show the fog and where it's drifting.

Ocelot II

(115,930 posts)

4. The jury won't hear him; they'd have been taken out the back door

Reply to lindysalsagal (Original post)

Mon Apr 22, 2024, 01:38 PM

Apr 22

to go home, or will still be inside the courthouse if they're on a lunch break. And they'd have been instructed by the judge not to watch any news coverage about the trial.

lindysalsagal

(20,782 posts)

5. Sure, but, reality is, TV is covering it all, including MSNBC.

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #4)

Mon Apr 22, 2024, 01:40 PM

Apr 22

No one here cited a legitimate reason. Strange.

Ocelot II

(115,930 posts)

6. The courthouse is a public building. Can they legitimately exclude the media

Reply to lindysalsagal (Reply #5)

Mon Apr 22, 2024, 01:41 PM

Apr 22

or prevent someone from talking to them?

WarGamer

(12,491 posts)

9. Some of the greatest soldiers AGAINST authoritarianism...

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #6)

Mon Apr 22, 2024, 01:44 PM

Apr 22

Don't mind using a little authoritarianism to get there...

Three's a famous quote to that extent... but I just can't recall it.

Something about not allowing your own hatred turn you into what you rail against.

fierywoman

(7,700 posts)

7. Abject greed on the part of the media, as it's been for the last 9 years.

Reply to lindysalsagal (Original post)

Mon Apr 22, 2024, 01:42 PM

Apr 22

Fiendish Thingy

(15,693 posts)

8. He's not.

Reply to lindysalsagal (Original post)

Mon Apr 22, 2024, 01:44 PM

Apr 22

Last clip I saw, was him standing in a court hallway behind a barrier, shouting his comments to the press, because he didn’t have a pool mic to speak into.

Trump isn’t being “given a mic and camera”, those belong to the press, who are granted access to the court lobby, or wherever it is that Trump is speaking from.

Liberal In Texas

(13,604 posts)

10. I was wondering about the curious phrasing in the OP.

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #8)

Mon Apr 22, 2024, 05:01 PM

Apr 22

JoseBalow

(2,554 posts)

11. I'm surprised that there are no hecklers

Reply to lindysalsagal (Original post)

Mon Apr 22, 2024, 05:13 PM

Apr 22

or whistles to drown out his blathering rants

lindysalsagal

(20,782 posts)

12. It's clearly within the secure area, so no civilians.

Reply to JoseBalow (Reply #11)

Mon Apr 22, 2024, 05:16 PM

Apr 22

OldBaldy1701E

(5,191 posts)

13. Because whomever gets the best shot of him bloviating gets the most clicks.

Reply to lindysalsagal (Original post)

Mon Apr 22, 2024, 05:17 PM

Apr 22

Clicks mean money. Money is why they will always put many cameras and microphones on him. It brings money.

Remove the money and you remove the desire to put a camera in front of the orange gibbon.

jmowreader

(50,572 posts)

14. Proof of what he's been saying out there

Reply to lindysalsagal (Original post)

Mon Apr 22, 2024, 05:39 PM

Apr 22

Without an audio recording Trump's handlers - a job I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy - could simply say "no, he didn't REALLY say Judge Merchan should be drowned in a septic tank" and lots of people would believe Trump could never be so insane.

WITH such a recording? They're left with "no, he didn't really mean a septic tank, he'd be perfectly fine with the Hudson or the East River."

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