Sat Sep 9, 2023 – 12:10 pm EDTSat Sep 9, 2023 – 12:16 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — Donald Trump’s attorney has served notice that the former president may seek to have his trial based on charges that he conspired to overturn the 2020 presidential election moved from a Georgia State Court to a federal court, a move which might benefit Trump in multiple ways.
“Federal court could be more favorable for Trump because he would face a more politically diverse jury pool than in Fulton County, a Democratic stronghold,” according to a Reuters report. “A federal trial would also allow him to argue that he is immune from prosecution for actions he took as part of his official duties as president.”
The advantage of removing the trial from a Fulton County courtroom based solely on broadening the jury pool is clear.
Trump won less than 27% of the vote in the 2020 election in Fulton County. If his case were to be tried in a federal court, jurors would be drawn from 10 counties consisting of Atlanta and its suburbs, where Trump won 33% of the vote.
It’s also possible, but less likely, that if Trump’s case
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