Judge bans pictures of Trump from courtroom after photographer violates rule

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 19: Former US President Donald Trump sits in a Manhattan Criminal Court for his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments on April 19, 2024 in New York City. Former President Donald Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial. (Photo by Curtis Means - Pool/Getty Images)

There won't be any additional photos of Donald Trump sitting in a courtroom during his New York criminal trial.

Judge Juan Merchan banned additional photos from the courtroom after a pool photographer snapped a shot of the former president from the aisle while walking to the area set aside for journalists, known as the well.

A court officer notified reporters that photographers cannot take any more pictures of Trump from the well after the judge learned of the violation of his rule.

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News organizations typically pool their resources and take turns shooting photos or video, if allowed, from inside the courtroom due to space constraints and to cause minimal disruption to the proceedings, and then share the results.

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