O.J. Simpson’s death yesterday reminds us that the 134 days of wall-to-wall TV coverage of his 1995 criminal trial allowed Americans to see every aspect of a celebrity case play out in a Los Angeles courtroom. Millions watched and millions of others didn’t, but the choice was theirs.
Wrongly, terribly wrongly, there will be no such option for Americans to watch the far more consequential and important criminal trial of Donald Trump, starting in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday. They may not be able to even read the transcripts of the proceedings. This is the opposite of transparency.
Yes, Simpson was charged and acquitted of two murders, of his ex wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, far more serious crimes than what Trump is facing for hiding hush money payments to porn actor Stormy........