Fulton County Judge Gives Green Light for Trump Georgia 2020 Election Case to Be Televised | C.N.N. Politics

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The Fulton County, Georgia judge, who is overseeing the sprawling 2020 election interference racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants, says all proceedings in his courtroom related to the case will be broadcast live and will allow them to be televised.

The ruling, however, would be subject to change and would not apply to any part of the case transferred to federal court.

At a court hearing Thursday, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, who was assigned the case, said he would make all hearings and potential trials available for streaming on the Court’s YouTube channel. fulton county.

McAfee also said it will allow the media to have “common” cameras, where groups of news organizations pool their resources and share access to cameras, in the courtroom.

Neither defense lawyers nor prosecutors appeared in court on Thursday to oppose the media’s request for cameras.

On Thursday, McAfee also ruled to allow members of the media to use cell phones and electronic computers in the courtroom for off-record purposes, such as taking notes.

McAfee’s ruling is limited to the Fulton County state case.

Multiple defendants in the sprawling racketeering case in the state of Georgia, including former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, are calling for their cases to be moved to a federal court, where cameras, computers and smartphones are not allowed. Court.

US District Judge Steve J.some could rule at any time on Meadows’ attempt to move the Fulton County voter subversion case to federal court, now that Meadows and the district attorney have filed opposing briefs addressing a follow-up legal issue raised by the judge after Monday’s hearing on the matter.

Jones had specifically asked the parties whether the case should be transferred if the court determined that at least one of the episodes described in the extortion case involved conduct by Meadows carried out under the color of his federal office.

District Attorney Fani Willis argument in his new brief that such a conclusion would not be sufficient for the case to be moved. Meadows’ lawyers said I would be.