- Trump was federally charged on Tuesday in relation to an attempt by Trump to sway the 2020 presidential elections.
- In Washington, DC, his case will be heard before a judge and jury.
- Trump wants the case to be moved to another State, such as West Virginia. It is unlikely to succeed.
Trump’s legal team and Trump are demanding that his case be removed from Washington, DC, after a federal Grand Jury indicted him on Tuesday for charges related to his attempts to overturn 2020 presidential election results. Insider spoke to legal experts who said it would not work.
The 45th president, on Thursday, took to Twitter just hours before he was arraigned. Truth SocialYou can complain about the place where the charges are brought.
“The latest Fake ‘case’ brought by Crooked Joe Biden & Deranged Jack Smith will hopefully be moved to an impartial Venue, such as the politically unbiased nearby State of West Virginia!” Trump wrote. “IMPOSSIBLE to get a fair trial in Washington, D.C., which is over 95% anti-Trump, & for which I have called for a Federal TAKEOVER in order to bring our Capital back to Greatness.”
John Lauro, Trump’s attorney, made a similar suggestion on CBS Mornings, Wednesday, when he said that the court should be located in West Virginia, a state he described as the “political opposition to Washington, DC.” In the 2020 Presidential ElectionBiden received 92 percent of the vote in District of Columbia, while Trump only got 69 percent.
Legal experts told Insider that a federal court would not grant the request.
“The case against Trump is so strong, I don’t think that this would be the right jurisdictional limit in any court anywhere in the universe or galaxy,” said Norm Eizen, a senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute and co-counsel in the first impeachment proceedings. “I don’t have any concerns about the defendant getting a fair trial, even if political gains are made out of it,” said Eisen. This defendant is going to make political trouble no matter what, with the help of his enablers, supporters, and other people who will support him.
Goodman, who is a professor of law at New York University School of Law, agrees with Eisen. He says that the legal theories used by Trump and his lawyer to move the case from Washington, DC are “really bad,” and “not really a valid legal argument.”
Goodman told Insider: “I don’t think it is conceivable that the courts would decide that the case be heard in another jurisdiction.” “The arguments made by them are not legal arguments.”
As well as the Washington PostThe fact that Trump’s trial will take place in Washington, DC is not by chance, since the crimes involved are said to have taken place at the White House, right under the jurisdiction of United States District Court of District of Columbia.
Trump will appear in court in Washington, DC, Thursday, to answer to the recent charges.
