“The Constitution requires that trials be held in public, and that should include the arraignment and trial of former President Donald Trump,” Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz said Tuesday on Newsmax.
“I think the main thought I have is why aren’t we seeing this arraignment on television? Why aren’t we seeing the entire trial of Donald Trump on television? What does the justice system have to hide? Why can’t we have a televising of the trial of Donald Trump, one of the most important trials in American history?”
“No cameras will be permitted at Trump’s arraignment at a federal court in Miami on Tuesday for alleged violations of the federal Espionage Act and other charges related to the classified documents kept at his Mar-a-Lago estate.”
“The Constitution requires a public trial,” he said. “At the time of the Constitution, of course, there was no television. A public trial means as public as technology allows, and I think the Constitution requires that the trial of Donald Trump be televised. I want to know what’s going on inside the courtroom rather than just outside the courtroom.”
Dershowitz predicted that the trial will be about a year from now, or during the presidential election conventions.
“The judge could conceivably put it off until after the election, but it will really be up to the judge,” said Dershowitz. “And, of course, we now see some Democrats trying to recuse the judge.”
“They’re trying to weaponize the system because they don’t like this randomly selected judge because she once ruled in favor of Donald Trump, and it was reversed.”
“There is ‘no good time’ for a trial during an election season,” Dershowitz said.
“That’s why you shouldn’t have a trial for a person running for president unless it’s the most compelling case imaginable,” he said. “In this case, I think we’re short of that standard.”
{Matzav.com}
