Trump's legal team said cameras in the courtroom would cause a 'circus-like atmosphere.' Trump himself has called for mass protests outside.

Attorneys for Donald Trump told a New York City judge on Monday — ahead of the indicted former president's arraignment — that they don't want cameras in the courtroom because it will "create a circus-like atmosphere," CNN reported.

Trump's lawyers said in a letter to Acting New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan that he should deny the request by news outlets, including Insider, to allow cameras in the courtroom for Trump's Manhattan arraignment on Tuesday.