Friday, Dec. 3, 2021
Is the media barred from the courtroom in the Ghislaine Maxwell trial?
Contrary to a social media post, reporters were in the courtroom in the form of a press pool, and numerous other media organizations not represented in the pool had their personnel in courtrooms set aside just for reporters and news crews.
An order from the presiding judge in the Ghislaine Maxwell trial said that a press pool can be in the courtroom, and other media personnel can cover the trial from overflow courtrooms. The judge cited COVID-19 distancing requirements for that arrangement.
The trial, which began on Nov. 29, 2021, received extensive media coverage but did not include live video feeds or photos in the courtroom as the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure prohibit cameras and the broadcasting of federal judicial criminal proceedings from the courtroom.
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