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BumRushDaShow

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21. Here is the caveat of the SDFL
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 09:05 AM
Jul 22

(in relation to where Jack Smith had filed and how he ended up with her) -

Florida jury pool could give Trump an advantage in classified documents case

AP
Miami - SEP 19, 2023 - 18:17 EDT

(snip)

“Picking a jury is an art. It’s not a science. And whether you’re a prosecutor or a defense attorney, you use everything in your arsenal to seat the best jury you can get for your case,” said Michael Sherwin, a former federal prosecutor in Miami who served during the Trump administration as acting U.S. Attorney in Washington.

“You want to ensure that you have the best people in that jury box that are going to be receptive to your message. So from that perspective, if I’m DOJ, I’d much rather have a Miami jury pool than a Fort Pierce jury pool,” he added.

Given its sprawling geographic size, the district has five courthouses — in Key West, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Fort Pierce. The indictment itself was filed in West Palm, the city with the closest courthouse to Mar-a-Lago.

It was then randomly assigned to Cannon, who despite sitting in Fort Pierce also hears cases in West Palm, the clerk’s office said in an email to The Associated Press.

(snip)


So as long as one stays away from filing in either West Palm Beach or Ft. Pierce, then they are good to go not getting Loose Cannon!

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Finally! Something random in the judicial system breaking our way. hatrack Jul 22 #1
Expecting all out attack on the judge's family Walleye Jul 22 #2
The serious side to this... Hugin Jul 22 #5
Krassenuff's judicial forum-shopping psychosis is disgusting. I am glad this one backfired on him. John1956PA Jul 22 #3
Forum-shopping is an abomination. Mr. Joe Steel Jul 22 #11
Judges' personalities were never supposed to influence decisions DeeDeeNY Jul 22 #22
"Unfair!" "Fake news!" "Why are you all turning against me!" Hugin Jul 22 #4
And it echoed throughout maga-manland (R): "unfair, unfair, waah, unfair." BoRaGard Jul 22 #7
How did you get 50:50 odds? The source actually says it was unlikely that Cannon would get the case. sl8 Jul 22 #6
Yeah a drawback to my getting a lot of my news listening to it, gab13by13 Jul 22 #9
OK. sl8 Jul 22 #10
Thanks for the link. And per Google AI, it's an automated randomization process, TheRickles Jul 22 #14
Timing by Trump's lawyers gab13by13 Jul 22 #16
I remember this and it got little coverage, gab13by13 Jul 22 #15
Here's a blurb from The Hill about how/why Cannon was assigned to the documents case: sl8 Jul 22 #19
Thank you! I've been wondering about this for a long time. :-( TheRickles Jul 22 #24
Here is the caveat of the SDFL BumRushDaShow Jul 22 #21
Good malaise Jul 22 #8
Oh dear, gab13by13 Jul 22 #12
Trump's lawyers filed the case in the Miami Division, not Fort Pierce. onenote Jul 22 #13
Thank you, fixed. gab13by13 Jul 22 #17
"He was allowed to file his documents case in Fort Pierce where he also had better odds." BumRushDaShow Jul 22 #23
This message was self-deleted by its author onenote Jul 22 #27
It's both complicated and simple. onenote Jul 22 #28
SC Justice? MaineNative Jul 22 #18
Knr UTUSN Jul 22 #20
I was listening to Legal AF last night peggysue2 Jul 22 #25
The case was filed in the Miami division; Cannon is in the Fort Pierce division. Ocelot II Jul 22 #26
Can he withdraw the case and resubmit it hoping to get lucky? live love laugh Jul 22 #29
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