Setting of Trump Trial May Impact Jury Pool

The jury pool for former President Donald Trump's classified documents trial will be made up mostly of Florida counties that Trump won handily in both his presidential campaigns.

Judge Aileen Cannon signaled that the trial would take place in Fort Pierce, the federal courthouse where she normally sits, at the northern end of the Southern District of Florida.

One swing county and four solid red counties provide the potential jurors to that courthouse, The New York Times reported.

Cannon, who was nominated to the bench by Trump in 2020, left open the possibility that the trial could be moved.

"I'm not convinced this case is going to go in Fort Pierce," Dave Aronberg, an outgoing Florida state attorney in Palm Beach County, told the Times.

Aronberg predicted a potential move to West Palm Beach, the county in which Trump lives and where the classified documents were found.