269
submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Donald Trump says he boycotted last week’s arraignment in Georgia on election interference charges to protest in-court camera coverage of his upcoming trial.

The former president claimed in a fundraising email that he was infuriated by Fulton County judge Scott McAfee’s decision to allow all hearings and a possible trial to be broadcast on the court’s YouTube channel.

“Why would I fly down to Atlanta just to hear over a dozen FALSE CHARGES brought against me on live TV?” Mr Trump wrote in a message to supporters obtained by the New York Post pleading for more money.

top 19 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] PaulDevonUK@lemmy.world 107 points 1 year ago

Didn't he say that he wanted cameras at some point?

[-] muse@kbin.social 111 points 1 year ago

He also said if he lost the election we'd never hear from him again

[-] NounsAndWords@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago

And we all knew exactly what he'd say about the election results as soon as he said that.....

[-] Plopp@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

I thought we all knew he always says whatever he thinks he could benefit from at any give time, no matter if he believes it or not. No matter if it's the exact opposite of what he said two seconds ago.

[-] randomsnark@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago
[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure Trump even has beliefs per se. Just reactions.

Covid was going to miraculously disappear like a miracle in 2020, we were gonna build a wall that Mexico would pay for (I’m ok w that one not panning out tho), very nice people on both sides, Antifa stormed the Capitol on 1/6, he can direct hurricanes to various states with a sharpie, so on and so forth.

[-] MicroWave@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Trump said that only because he already knew that federal courts bar televising the hearings or recording them in any fashion. Source.

The difference is that the Georgia case is being heard in a state court, which is not subject to this restriction.

[-] MagicShel@programming.dev 26 points 1 year ago

Honestly, there is no point in paying attention to anything Trump says. Nothing has any relation to reality or the truth. You can only come away from that experience more ignorant than you went in.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

He does.

So that he can do this.

[-] dynamojoe@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago

Person. Woman. Man. Camera. ~~TV~~YouTube. Trial.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago

He realized he can't just point at the judge and say, "you're fired," so he doesn't like getting ratings this way.

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 31 points 1 year ago

He may not know much, but he knows the difference between a taped performance where the producers are trying to make him look good, and a live performance where he'll be seen exactly as he is.

[-] Dkarma@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Yep. For all the people saying "but trump is great on camera". You've been suckered too. When he can't control the narrative or immediately discredit the evidence against him he is largely powerless and looks like the common crook he is.

Considering he can't keep his mouth shut I think there's a very real chance we see him slapped with contempt and tossed in the clink.

Oh how glorious it would be to see him in an orange jumpsuit.

[-] eran_morad@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

orange traitor bouta get ALL them ratings. bring that shit.

[-] downpunxx@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

all dat shit

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Just wait until the judge proclaims what Trump is found guilty of...

[-] Guntrigger@feddit.ch 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Lol feels good, man.

this post was submitted on 05 Sep 2023
269 points (98.9% liked)

News

23301 readers
1187 users here now

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil


Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.


2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.


Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. We have an actively updated blocklist, which you can see here: https://lemmy.world/post/2246130 if you feel like any website is missing, contact the mods. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.


Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.


Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.


5. Only recent news is allowed.


Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.


6. All posts must be news articles.


No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.


7. No duplicate posts.


If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.


8. Misinformation is prohibited.


Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.


9. No link shorteners.


The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.


10. Don't copy entire article in your post body


For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS