Trump’s historic ‘hush money’ sentencing should be televised to protect court ‘integrity,’ attorneys argue

Donald Trump’s historic sentencing in the Manhattan “hush money” case should be televised due to “unparalleled public interest” in the proceeding — and to protect the “integrity” of the court, attorneys for media organizations argued in a new filing.

Lawyers representing a slew of print, TV and cable news organizations, including The Post, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, are asking the court to allow the July 11 Manhattan Supreme Court hearing to be aired live.

“The eyes of the country, and indeed the world, are upon these proceedings. It is imperative that the American public be able to see and hear these proceedings for themselves,” attorneys at law firm Davis Wright Tremaine wrote in the June 21 filing.

The court documents cited the 2024 presidential election, noting the likely match-up between President Biden and Trump will take place just four months after the Republican learns his fate following his May 30 conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.

“Considering that Mr. Trump is a candidate in a national election that will take place in less than four months from the sentencing, the historical and political significance of Mr. Trump’s sentencing is undeniable,” the letter to Justice Juan Merchan reads.

The request comes after elected leaders questioned the “legitimacy” of the proceedings, lawyers wrote in the letter — citing a tweet by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on May 30 that called the proceedings a “purely political exercise, not a legal one.”