He has used a very anti-Trup grand jury in DC, and then filed the case in a different jurisdiction, Florida.
AFAIK, that is not allowed.
This is not exactly right.
The Florida indictment was handed down by a grand jury in the Southern District of Florida. That meant they had to convene a second grand jury and present the evidence again.
He developed the case and interviewed witnesses in DC, but once they had what they had, the sixth amendment says it needs to be tried where the crimes charged ocurred.
This is not exactly right. The Florida indictment was handed down by a grand jury in the Southern District of Florida. That meant they had to convene a second grand jury and present the evidence again.
The news of the second grand jury came out in June. https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/06/politics/florida-grand-jury-mar-a-lago-trump-documents/index.html
He developed the case and interviewed witnesses in DC, but once they had what they had, the sixth amendment says it needs to be tried where the crimes charged ocurred.