I set my alarm for 11pm so that I can arrive at the Thurgood Marshall Courthouse every day between midnight and 3am, to make sure I am one of only four reporters allowed into courtroom 318 to witness the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell. I know from my newsroom colleagues that journalists need to arrive extremely early for high-profile trials if we want to secure one of the seats in the press gallery. With these kinds of cases, the courts set up a series of “overflow rooms”, where reporters can watch video feeds from a separate, empty courtroom. But I am not in the least bit interested in that — I am going to be in the room if it kills me. • How Ghislaine Maxwell’s

Source: The Times June 18, 2024 22:26 UTC