Trump's trial will soon be underway in Florida – here's why prosecutors had little choice in selecting any other courthouse location
- Written by Gabriel J. Chin, Edward L. Barrett Jr. Chair & Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law, University of California, Davis
Police walk around the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. federal courthouse in Miami before Donald Trump's arraignment on June 12, 2023.Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesSpecial Counsel Jack Smith may have wished he could indict and try former president Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., where Trump is disliked, rather than in southern Florida, where Trump is popular.
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