Criminal defendants routinely try to have their cases moved to increase their chances of getting a favorable jury. Trump and his attorney say they're eyeing West Virginia, which Trump easily won in 2020.
Trump's defense team has yet to formally make such a request in the case accusing Trump of conspiring with allies to overturn his 2020 presidential election defeat. But Trump's lawyer, John Lauro, said on CBS News on Sunday that it "absolutely" plans to do so. If Trump's case stays in Washington, his trial will take place less than a mile from where the Capitol was attacked on Jan. 6 by an angry mob whipped up by his election lies and intent on stopping the certification of Biden's electoral victory. The courthouse, which has a view of the Capitol dome from its windows, has already been the site of several high-profile Jan.
One of the rare federal defendants who had a trial relocated was Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. The trial was moved to Colorado after the judge ruled it was impossible for McVeigh to get a fair trial anywhere in Oklahoma. He was ultimately put to death in 2001 for the bombing, which killed 168 people and injured hundreds more.
A slew of Jan. 6 rioters who have unsuccessfully tried to get their cases relocated have claimed they can't get a fair trial in a district where 92% of voters cast ballots for Biden in 2020. In trying to make the case his trial should be moved to Virginia, a lawyer for an Oath Keepers associate claimed that D.C. residents "have shown that their powers of intelligent, rational thinking are suspended when Trump is involved.
"What we're looking for is not people without opinions," she said. "What we're looking for is people who are able to put aside their opinion and focus their decision solely on the evidence presented in this courtroom."
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