ORLANDO, Fla. — For now, former President Donald J. Trump, indicted for hoarding classified government documents at his South Florida home, is scheduled to go on trial in U.S. District Court in Fort Pierce, a venue that many observers view as a potentially favorable place because of its politically conservative jury pool.
But the challenges facing both sides in the case may well transcend politics, lawyers and jury consultants say, and it’s far from certain that political leanings of would-be jurors will be the deciding factor in the case’s outcome.
“This is probably the most difficult jury selection imaginable,” said longtime Miami lawyer Jeffrey Tew, who has defended a number of public officials in Florida. “What you want in your jury is to have people judge the facts and the law without any preconceptions as to what the facts are and what the laws are.”
