Trump in Manhattan court
Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman late Monday evening denied a motion to allow cameras in the courtroom during Trump’s arraignment.
Judge Jonathan Goodman will preside over President Trump’s arraignment at a federal court in Miami on Tuesday – Not Aileen Cannon.
CNN, ABC News, AP, CBS News and others filed a motion to allow photography inside of the Miami courthouse.
Goodman banned cameras inside the courtroom.
“The ‘special proceedings’ term referenced in the Local Rule is analogized to a proceeding akin to a naturalization proceeding,” Goodman wrote in the filing. “Tomorrow’s proceedings are undoubtedly ‘special’ in that they are genuinely historic and of huge importance, but they are not in any way similar to a naturalization proceeding.”
“The motion does not cite any case or legal authority which would support the view that photographs are permitted tomorrow because the first appearance and arraignment are ‘special proceedings,’ as that term is used in the rule,” he added.
Judge Goodman also made it clear in his ruling that he will only be involved in Trump’s arraignment on Tuesday which is why he felt it was not appropriate to rule on what happens in future proceedings.
The Washington Examiner reported:
Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman denied a motion by various media companies to allow cameras inside the federal courthouse in Miami, Florida, for former President Donald Trump’s arraignment on Tuesday.
The late Monday filing by Goodman denied the argument by the media companies that the court appearance by Trump is a “special proceeding” and therefore regular rules on recording would be followed.
Goodman cited rule 77.1 for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida as a basis not to allow photography, with the rule only allowing exceptions for “special proceedings” or “following a declaration of a local, state, or national emergency.”
“All forms of equipment or means of photographing, audio- or video-recording, broadcasting or televising within the environs of any place of holding court in the District, including courtrooms, chambers, adjacent rooms, hallways, doorways, stairways, elevators or offices of supporting personnel, whether the Court is in session or at recess, is prohibited,” the rule said.