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It was always a messy situation. Factors I'm sure Smith's team considered in charging in FL:
They probably also thought the case was cut-and-dry enough that the location truly wouldn't matter. But even so, they were not nearly cynical enough about Aileen Cannon and how badly it could go when she's basically Trump's pro bono counsel. Everyone who had seen Cannon's earlier rulings and confirmation proceedings knew she has zero integrity and was going to throw the case for Trump.
Like usual, it seems like nobody in official positions planned properly for what happens with an actual bad-faith actor in control.
They didn’t know which of the 18 district judges they would get by moving the case to the southern district of Florida. She was assigned by a random software selection process, standardly used for cases such as these. He just got extremely lucky.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/12/judge-aileen-cannon-trump-documents-case-00101641
This is how I know that either (1) God doesn't exist or (2) if he does, he has a sick sense of humor.
Just read the Bible; God is an absolute cunt.
I vote sick sense of humor
Yes, that's another good point. They played the odds.
I don't know if they factored it as "1 in 18 chance we get delayed until election" or thought Cannon would maintain some semblance of objectivity even if they got her, but it probably helped reassure them to roll the dice in Florida.