New reporting suggests that Trump will be indicted in the Southern District of Florida, West Palm Beach, Ft. Lauderdale and Miami....
Venue would be the big reason. It looks like the crimes were mostly committed in The Southern District of Florida, and so instead of having the legal fight in D.C. that would come from filing in D.C. over venue, they are working with a South Florida Grand Jury.
This is the Justice Department choosing to follow the law instead of trying to get away with a better Judge set and a better jury pool for their case.
They could indict him in D.C. and there would be a legal fight over venue, they might win because parts of the law are very vague and open to interpretation. If they lost they would have to re-indict him in South Florida. In D.C. the Jury pool would be very pro-prosecution.
If they indict him in South Florida Trump gets a more friendly judge pool, including the judge who already ruled in Trumps favor early in this investigation. (She was quickly and overturned by a unanimous judicial panel.) The jury pool will also come from a district that supported Trump (Miami). If Trump is convicted in the Southern District of Florida there will be less of an argument from Trumppers about a liberal jury.
Venue would be the big reason. It looks like the crimes were mostly committed in The Southern District of Florida, and so instead of having the legal fight in D.C. that would come from filing in D.C. over venue, they are working with a South Florida Grand Jury.
This is the Justice Department choosing to follow the law instead of trying to get away with a better Judge set and a better jury pool for their case.
They could indict him in D.C. and there would be a legal fight over venue, they might win because parts of the law are very vague and open to interpretation. If they lost they would have to re-indict him in South Florida. In D.C. the Jury pool would be very pro-prosecution.
If they indict him in South Florida Trump gets a more friendly judge pool, including the judge who already ruled in Trumps favor early in this investigation. (She was quickly and overturned by a unanimous judicial panel.) The jury pool will also come from a district that supported Trump (Miami). If Trump is convicted in the Southern District of Florida there will be less of an argument from Trumppers about a liberal jury.