ST. LUCIE COUNTY CONSIDERED “TRUMP COUNTRY” BY POLITICAL OBSERVERS. ASSIGNED BY TRUMP-APPOINTED FEDERAL JUDGE.
BY: STAFF REPORT | BocaNewsNow.com
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2023 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — The federal court case against former United States President Donald J. Trump is now slated for the federal courthouse in Fort Pierce — not Miami, not Fort Lauderdale, and not West Palm Beach. U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon making the announcement in a court order released early Tuesday.
From the order: “This case is hereby set for a Criminal Jury Trial during the two-week period commencing August 14, 2023, or as soon thereafter as the case may be called. A Calendar Call will be held at 1:45 p.m. on August 8, 2023. All hearings will be held at Alto Lee Adams, Sr. United States Courthouse, 101 South U.S. Highway 1, Courtroom 4008, Fort Pierce, Florida 34950, with modifications to be made as necessary as this matter proceeds. Any testing of electronic equipment to be used at trial must take place at the Calendar Call. To that end, the parties are directed to bring to the Calendar Call any equipment intended for use at trial. All pre-trial motions and motions in limine must be filed by July 24, 2023.”
Legal experts tell BocaNewsNow.com that seems unlikely that the pre-trial action will occur fast enough for trial to start in August, although that is the target date according to the document. Fort Pierce is in St. Lucie County, considered by political observers to be a Trump-friendly jury pool.
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