Roger Parloff on Trump’s Vowed DC Trial Venue Change
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🗓️ 14 August 2023
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
On Aug. 6 former President Donald Trump announced on social media that he would “immediately” seek a “venue change ... out [of] D.C.” of his recent four-count federal indictment in Washington, D.C., for allegedly conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. He cited the city’s overwhelmingly majority liberal political demographics as a reason for transferring the trial’s venue, and called the city “a filthy and crime ridden embarrassment to our nation.”
Is Trump likely to succeed in court if he files a motion to transfer venue? Is there any precedent for this? Have other Jan. 6 defendants made similar claims? And how is the Supreme Court likely to interpret this issue?
To answer all of these questions and more, Lawfare Associate Editor Katherine Pompilio sat down with Lawfare Senior Editor Roger Parloff, who has been closely tracking Jan. 6 prosecutions, and recently published a piece on Lawfare unpacking this issue. They discussed what Jan. 6 defendants have argued in their motions to transfer venue, how the Justice Department has responded, and why if Trump files a motion to transfer venue in his Jan. 6 case, it is likely, as Roger puts it, “dead on arrival.”
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| 0:25.6 | no bull and the aftermath. |
| 0:34.1 | But a number have also brought up the political makeup of DC. |
| 0:39.3 | In 2016, the Democratic presidential candidate got 91% of the vote. |
| 0:47.8 | In 2020, the Democratic candidate got 92% of the vote. |
| 0:53.6 | So Trump says, and the January 6th defendant said, you know, it's politically stacked |
| 0:59.6 | against us. |
| 1:01.5 | And so that will be a crucial issue. |
| 1:05.9 | I'm Catherine Pompillo, associate editor of LawFair. |
| 1:09.2 | And this is the LawFair podcast, August 14th, 2023. |
| 1:14.2 | An August 6th former president Donald Trump announced on social media that he would immediately |
| 1:18.8 | seek a venue change out of DC of his recent four-count federal indictment in Washington |
| 1:23.7 | DC for allegedly conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. |
| 1:29.4 | He cited the city's overwhelmingly majority liberal political demographics as a reason |
| 1:33.2 | for transferring the trial's venue and called the city a quote, filthy and crime-ridden |
| 1:37.8 | embarrassment to our nation. |
| 1:40.0 | Is Trump likely to succeed in court if he files a motion to transfer venue? |
| 1:43.9 | Is there any precedent for this? |
| 1:45.6 | Have other January 6th defendants made similar claims? |
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