“But for Mr. Trump’s election and imminent return to the presidency, the office assessed that the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial,” the report said.
“But for Mr. Trump’s election and imminent return to the presidency, the office assessed that the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial,” the report said.
Thanks for this amazing comment.
After reading this, I searched and read this msnbc blog synopsis that gets into a little more detail about possible motives for Smith’s choice of venue that basically reiterates choosing to prosecute in a different district could have thrown a guilty verdict into question.