The present media access plan for the trial, which does not include an overflow room to accommodate outsize press and public interest, only adds to fears that Mangione’s trial will become a circus. Indeed, Mangione’s defense lodged sensational allegations about press access in a letter to Judge Gregory Carro late last week. This defense and prosecution barb-trading over media access presages how Mangione’s trial is primed to spiral into feverish disinformation. Experts say that Mangione’s trial could proceed more smoothly – if steps were taken to improve access. “There was universal shock when the state court system announced that the press plan was not to have an overflow room,” Italiano said.