It would seem to me that an argument could be made that a DC jury is not a jury of peers for a republican.
There is no statute, rule or ‘right’ to change of venue.
It’s the stuff of appeals & mistrials, if lack of impartiality of the hearings can be proven by the defense.
The next administration’s DOJ should be looking at criminal charges for all who illegally imprisoned these folks in that DC jail while awaiting a kangaroo court ‘trial’.
in this case it would be career suicide for a LEFTIST judge to grant that request
the fix is in
they are being politically persecuted
the trial is for show