About Durham. Barr, in his interview last Saturday, said there may have been delays getting grand juries in place because of the virus. What state would be likely to have these trials? If it’s a blue state of a series of blue states, do you think this is just an incentive to keep there states closed hoping to delay until after the election?
Having trials in blue states would be pointless. Juries & judges would be tainted.
I hope, and believe, that they are smart enough to understand not to bring these politically charged cases in a blue jurisdiction. Missouri, with the US Attorney there, would do nicely.
To answer your question on which state would hold the trials, in criminal matters, it is usually the state where the offense was committed or where the defendant resides. If it is an offense with multiple defendants, or that occurred in multiple locations (like, say a conspiracy that took criminals to London and Australia and Italy to create phony crimes, and they conspired to commit crimes against people who live in Texas, Florida, Michigan and other places, and where some participants live in Florida, NY, Massachusetts or DC, there can be multiple places where jurisdiction would be proper. A court may decide that one location has the closest “nexus” to the crime, and grant a motion to move it there, but that is for the most part discretionary.
Lots of ifs in that question.