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I'm a little confused. Don't we want this to be as transparent as possible to limit conspiracies?
There's transparency and then there's theater.
Before CSPAN started televising Congress, members were able to make deals and pass laws. Being on TV let the GOP extremists force the Party to the Right.
If you watch their hearings and assemblies a lot of Congress appears to be focused on trying to get sound bytes and Tik Tok clips out of what they say. The clips just seem so weird and forced when seen in context of what the topic of discussion is.
We didn't elect people to be actors on the clock, please make law and talk to the press later.
Newt Gingrich was the first to weaponize it. He'd make long speeches to an empty chamber, because he knew that someone was watching. Backroom deals and horse trading may seem undemocratic, but you can't get compromise when people are forced to stand by every word.
There's going to be conspiracies no matter what. That's the sort of people we're dealing with here.
There will be full court transcripts.
Televising a trial is always an additional risk of compromising the integrity of the court. Imagine, for example, if the camera operator captures a juror's face by accident. It's better to eliminate everything that could conceivably risk an appeal, and circus is definitely something I'm willing to give up if it means a rock solid conviction.