In order to ensure a fair trial, the state attorney general asks the justice department to relocate Donald Trump’s trial from Washington, D.C., citing issues with the city’s skewed demographic make-up.
“One of the fundamentals of due process in our criminal justice system is to be able to have a fair trial in a fair tribunal,” Attorney General Patrick Morrisey of West Virginia told Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo. “And does anyone watching, does anyone in America believe that President Trump is going to get a fair shake out of Washington, D.C.?”
“I think most people would say — whether you’re pro-Trump or anti-Trump — you’re not going to get that fair shake,” Morrisey added. “So what I’m suggesting is that this should be moved to West Virginia. We have a number of federal district courthouses that could properly house this. I think that he could get a fair hearing.”
Special counsel Jack Smith accused Trump of collusion and obstruction in his attempts to challenge the results of the 2020 election. Hillary Clinton, on the other hand, as well as many other Democrats, frequently criticized Trump’s victory in 2016 as being “illegitimate” without being penalized. This calls into doubt the First Amendment’s guarantee of the freedom of political expression.
Morrisey stressed how crucial it was to get the event to his state.
“I think that there’s no reason why the prosecutor shouldn’t support this move because, Maria, the biggest thing that a prosecutor should be focusing on isn’t just trying to get guilt from the person he’s targeting; it should be to administer justice. That’s the duty of a prosecutor,” According to the GOP attorney general, a change of venue shouldn’t be an issue if Smith’s case is as solid as he claims.
“I think that if you move it to West Virginia, you would actually take away a lot of the political concerns that are out there. So I think it’s a strong idea. I think the prosecutors should think very carefully about this and get behind it,” he added.
Morrisey recently discussed his tweet requesting a change of venue in Trump’s case with Bartiromo.
“Donald Trump is not going to get a fair shake in DC, the home of the Swamp. If prosecutors insist on proceeding with this politicized case, they should move the venue to West Virginia. West Virginians believe in upholding the rule of law and don’t support a double-standard of justice,” He wrote something on the platform “X.”
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Following Smith’s filing of criminal charges against Trump in connection with the Capitol disturbance, legal experts on all sides of the political aisle have risen to his defense.
Jonathan Turley, a professor at Georgetown Law School, thinks that the continued persecution of Trump by the Biden administration is losing favor with many Americans who increasingly see the prosecutions as simply political in nature. During a conversation with Sean Hannity of Fox News, Turley revealed this knowledge.
“This is a free speech-killing indictment. There’s no way around it. I write a great deal in academia in the free-speech area, and I have rarely seen a more chilling filing by the Department of Justice,” Turley said.
“The question that people have to ask themselves is, when is the price too high? People are enraged, but what is the price too high to bag Donald Trump? This indictment is a prohibitive cost. Meaning what they are attempting to do is criminalize what they consider to be disinformation,” he added.
“This is a speaking indictment, but it doesn’t say very much. It just says that we think Trump is lying and that he didn’t believe this. I can’t tell you how faciously ridiculous this claim is,” he added.
