“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.

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    1 day ago

    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.