Public Enemies John Dillinger kept his head up in court. Trump looked down avoiding Jack Smith’s eyes. Dillinger ran from the law in fast cars. Wealthy men like Trump run from the law using lawyers. Melvin Purvis got Dillinger. Jack Smith will get Trump.

“With a presidential-style plane and motorcade, a bunch of flag-waving fans and a lawyer shouting alternative facts, the latest season of
The Trump Show – let’s call this one The Defendant – again filled every TV screen on Tuesday

But the most important scene of all was missing. And no one was happier about that than Donald Trump himself..

Americans were denied the chance to see and hear the former US president, the first to face federal criminal charges in America’s 247-year history, sitting in court and taking his medicine...

Michael Beschloss, a presidential historian, tweeted: “This was the never-before-seen arrest of an ex-president on grave federal criminal charges and because we and our free press have been barred from watching and hearing in real time, the accused man managed to make it look like a triumphant motorcade arrival.”

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Keeping cameras out of court denied the public the sight of Trump at bay

David Smith

Tue 13 Jun 2023 18.20 EDT