The Georgia trial of Donald Trump on charges he conspired to overturn the 2020 election will be televised and streamed live, according to Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee.

McAfee issued an order Thursday stating that all court proceedings involving Trump and his 18 co-conspirators will be broadcast via a television pool. The Fulton Co. Courts’ YouTube channel will stream the trials live.

In addition, the judge ruled that reporters will be allowed to have computers and cell phones inside the courtroom, as long as they don’t record the proceedings.

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      His age and drug habits would make that a terrible move, on top of the fact he literally cannot shut up. If he had good lawyers, there would be no possible way in hell they would physically allow him to take the stand even if he insisted on it. Luckily for anyone rooting against him, he has truly terrible lawyers that know they’re probably not getting paid at the end of this either way.

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        I can’t remember which investigation it was while he was president, but the lawyers argued he’s too dumb or incompetent to be deposed without perjuring himself. Eventually they agreed to 10 questions written and he was allowed lawyers with him to answer.

        Any good lawyer will tell the court he isn’t testifying and try to keep trump from talking in and out the court.

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    Our countries politics is a literal fucking circus, now televised for the masses.

    Here’s to hoping this clown gets what he deserves though.

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    There’s no way I’ll watch a single second of that shitshow. I’ll check next day news on the bullet points. That fuckstick isn’t getting one second of viewership from me.

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    Oh my God he is going to finally get his ratings.

    I cannot wait to hear the reaction when he realizes no one tuned in to watch him get crowned but a ton of people wanted to watch him get bracelets.

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      Eh, I’m not going to bother watching, he’s just not that interesting. Though I may watch it later if he somehow gets out of the charges.

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        First hour and last hour of the trial are going to be the only interesting parts unless he fires his lawyers and takes the stand against every sensible bit of legal advice in the entire legal profession.

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      Eptsein pled guilty in 2005. There wasn’t much of a trial and YouTube was brand new, it did not have live streaming.

      Maxwell was charged and convicted in federal court where cameras are not allowed.

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          The arrest where Epstein totally disabled cameras put two guards to sleep and then killed himself in a PC cell on suicide watch happened in 2019; before he was on trial for the latest information relating to his sex trafficking. He also plead guilty to a similar crime in 2005.

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      Let’s just imagine I posted that one gif of Nathan Fillion where he holds his finger up and then thinks better of it.