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8. The government has the resources to protect witnesses and other...

Reply to cab67 (Original post)

Sun Aug 6, 2023, 08:01 AM

Aug 2023

participants in a televised trial...including the judge and court personnel.

We wouldn't have a J6 indictment if the J6 Committee hearings hadn't been televised. The nation needs to know the extent, complexity and large number of people involved in THE COUP ATTEMPT AGAINST THE US GOVERNMENT.

And they were all republicans, many appointed by trump.

The trial has to be televised as the nation has to bear witness tpwards this would-be dictator who has already said he will seek retribution.

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Why I'm leery of televising the trial. [View all] cab67 Aug 2023 OP

I'm not. The stupid are already stupid. Sunshine is the best way. marble falls Aug 2023 #1

I believe the jury in the Derek Chauvin trial was kept off screen and thus anonymous hlthe2b Aug 2023 #2

... William769 Aug 2023 #21

I agree with you. Television makes this a spectacle. bucolic_frolic Aug 2023 #3

This goes far beyond the decision by a jury. If it is not televised the public opinion will doc03 Aug 2023 #9

Recall the televised J6 Committee hearings which made the j6... brush Aug 2023 #11

How about audio only broadcast? Raven123 Aug 2023 #4

I think this might be a good compromise. I agree with the OP that any media has to Scrivener7 Aug 2023 #12

put the camera on TFG only and broadcast the audio. With no mention of jury's identities. demigoddess Aug 2023 #23

But do you see my point? It's not whether the jury is shown. It's the fact that Scrivener7 Aug 2023 #24

There wouldn't need to be any TV crews in the room while court's in session. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2023 #25

If it is not televised a large part of the American public will never know the truth. doc03 Aug 2023 #5

I say televise it, Trump does not perform well in court. He is stripped naked Walleye Aug 2023 #6

Oh, please no! stuck in the middle Aug 2023 #10

I recoiled at that image myself. But that's the impression I get of him when he testifies Walleye Aug 2023 #13

Rather than stripping trDUMPIE naked,... magicarpet Aug 2023 #15

Good one! Walleye Aug 2023 #17

For the sake of DU and our sanity we can let it lie with your description of the picture? cayugafalls Aug 2023 #18

This is no concern. The cameras used would be in fixed positions only Funtatlaguy Aug 2023 #7

Thank you for making those points. I can't remember any real televised trial showing jurors. Judi Lynn Aug 2023 #14

The government has the resources to protect witnesses and other... brush Aug 2023 #8

I want the trial of T2FIFG televised... ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2023 #16

I want it televised - God knows we deserve it!!! Talitha Aug 2023 #19

Televised trials rarely, if ever, show the jury's faces Tommy Carcetti Aug 2023 #20

If this is to be televised BlueIdaho Aug 2023 #22