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Former Watergate prosecutor Nick Akerman warned that the transparency of upcoming Donald Trump trials would be considerably lacking — and he suggested a solution. Writing for the Washington Post on Tuesday, the legal eagle explained that judges in the federal trials are likely to nix cameras in the courtroom, but that doesn’t mean that the transcripts can’t be released. “Transcripts of trial proceedings are verbatim and contemporaneous records produced by court reporters for every court session, including pretrial conferences,” he explained. Want more breaking political news? Click for the lat…

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