The switch from D.C. federal courthouse to one in Miami comes amid clear signs that the investigation is nearly completed and that Trump could face criminal charges.
, 2021, Capitol riot have shown that District residents tend to take a harsh view of Trump and his supporters, and he might find a more sympathetic jury in Florida. Trump won 5 percent of the vote in D.C. in the 2020 election, compared with about 45 percent in Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties.
The meeting followed a letter formally notifying Trump that he was a target of the investigation, according to people familiar with the matter, and found 103 classified documents, even after his lawyers claimed to have conducted a diligent search two months earlier and turned over everything they could find.
The Constitution and a host of U.S. court rulings have long held that trials should be held, when possible, near the scene of the alleged crime.
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