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Special counsel calls out Donald Trump for camer

Donald Trump (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Donald Trump (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

The special counsel in former President Donald Trump’s election fraud case is calling out the defense for reversing course and making a disingenuous demand for cameras at trial. For example, Trump’s motion on Friday did not mention that the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure prohibiting photography and filming.

Now prosecutors want leave from the judge to make a formal response.

“The defendant’s response did not engage with the relevant Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure or cite any applicable caselaw, and instead made false and incendiary
claims about the administration of his criminal case, United States v. Trump, No. 23-cr-257 (TSC),” Special Counsel Jack Smith wrote in a motion filed Sunday. “The Government requests an opportunity to respond to the defendant’s claims and is prepared to file its proposed reply, which is four pages, immediately upon receiving leave from the Court.”

Smith said the defense is walking back their earlier, neutral stance on cameras in the courtroom.

“On November 3, 2023, the United States filed an opposition to applications of a coalition of media organizations seeking to record and broadcast the criminal trial of Donald J. Trump (‘the defendant’),” he wrote. “ECF No. 16. In advance of that filing, the Government sought the defendant’s position on the applications, and his counsel requested that the Government represent to the Court that he took no position. The Government accurately reported that to the Court. Id. at n.2. On November 10, however, the defendant reversed course and filed a response in support of the applications.”

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