Former President Donald Trump is facing charges in Washington DC for allegedly conspiring to overturn the results of the election . Trump claims he would not get a fair trial in Washington D.C. as he continues to rail against his latest indictment . If he were to ask in court to move his federal criminal case out of Washington DC the former president would join three dozen January riot defendants who have asked to move their cases out of DC . No judges even those appointed by Trump have ever agreed and appeals courts and other judges have overwhelmingly kept highprofile cases in the districts where charges are filed . The Supreme Court has previously held that trials can still be fair even if they have received widespread publicity and the DC District Court has used specific questioning of potential jurors and instructions to try to ensure fair trials for January defendants . Still Trump attorney John Lauro on Sunday cast doubt on the idea that Trump could receive a fair trials in the nations capital . He suggested West Virginia as a more diverse alternative to the Washington DC jury pool in the city . The fact that most District residents voted against Donald Trump does not mean those residents could not impartially consider the evidence against those charged against him in DC does not play into where a trial . Trumps latest indictment comes against the backdrop of the GOP primary contest . Republican candidates have largely sought to walk a fine line between knocking the former presidents growing legal troubles and not alienating his base of supporters . The GOP presidential hopeful Chris Christie said he would walk a line between his legal woes and not antagonizing his legal troubles . The Republican presidential hopefuls and trying to walk away from the Republican primary contest and not to alienate his supporters . He said he wants to walk through his legal trouble with his legal problems and that he should not alienate
Trump claims he can’t get a fair trial in DC as latest indictment dominates GOP primary
