Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) delivers remarks through the fourth hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January sixth Attack on the U.S. Capitol within the Cannon House Office Constructing on June 21, 2022 in Washington, DC.
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WASHINGTON — A campaign to televise former President Donald Trump’s federal criminal trials was launched late Thursday by congressional Democrats, led by California Rep. Adam Schiff.
“Given the historic nature of the costs brought forth in these cases, it is difficult to assume a more powerful circumstance for televised proceedings,” wrote Schiff and 37 members of his caucus in a letter to Judge Roslynn Mauskopf, who leads the executive office of U.S. Cours.
“If the general public is to totally accept the consequence, it should be vitally essential for it to witness, as directly as possible, how the trials are conducted, the strength of the evidence adduced and the credibility of witnesses,” the lawmakers wrote.
The letter was released inside hours of Trump’s arraignment in Washington, D.C., where the previous president pleaded not guilty to 4 charges related to his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Thursday’s court proceedings marked the third time this yr that the previous president has been hit with criminal charges, but his first time before a judge within the nation’s capital. Trump has pleaded not guilty within the two other criminal cases.