Judge Juan Merchan to allow 5 photographers in the courtroom for ‘several minutes,’ no video cameras during Trump arraignment

According to ABC News, Merchan issued the ruling after Trump’s legal team argued against having cameras in the courtroom, claiming it would create a “circus-like atmosphere at the arraignment, raise unique security concerns, and is inconsistent with President Trump’s presumption of innocence.”

Trump’s lawyer Joe Tacopina said, "We don't normally allow cameras in courtrooms why make an exception now? To make a spectacle. They want that. We don’t."

Additionally, five still photographers will be allowed in the courtroom for several minutes before being vacated from the room and no electronic devices will be allowed in the main or overflow courtrooms.

Merchan wrote in the decision, "that this indictment involves a matter of monumental significance cannot possibly be disputed. Never in the history of the United States has a sitting or past President been indicted on criminal charges."

Trump is scheduled to appear in court for his arraignment on Tuesday regarding the 2016 payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels after being indicted last week by a grand jury as part of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s investigation into the payments.