A public policy analyst and former prosecutor says a recent court decision in a high-profile case is further proof that jury selection can be the most important portion of a trial – and that securing an unbiased jury can be difficult, even in America’s capital.
On Tuesday, a DC jury acquitted Igor Danchenko (pictured above) on all charges related to the Christopher Steele dossier case. Danchenko was accused of lying to the FBI about his role in the creation of the discredited dossier about former President Donald Trump. The case against Danchenko was the third and possibly final case brought by Special Counsel John Durham as part of his probe into how the FBI conducted its own investigation into allegations of collusion between the 2016 Trump campaign and the Kremlin.
Abraham Hamilton III is General Counsel and public policy analyst for American Family Association.
“The trial took place in the DC area, in Alexandria, Virginia,” he explains. “It’s becoming increasingly evident that securing an unbiased jury in that area is becoming more and more difficult.
“Any trial attorney will tell you the most important portion of any trial is jury selection. [They will tell you] no matter what your evidence is that you plan to present to a jury, if you have a jury that is predisposed against your evidence, it’s not going to go well for you at trial.”
But Hamilton says the Justice Department might have overplayed its hand with the Trump raid at Mar-a-Lago on August 8, 2022.
“That was the breach that caused several high-level FBI officials to become whistleblowers,” notes Hamilton. “Senator Chuck Grassley has shared some of that information – and others have declared that.
“And because the warrant [for that raid] was executed in Florida, that may serve as a grounds to have these investigations first and the prosecution to occur in a venue outside of DC … mainly potentially in Florida.”
Hamilton made his comments during an appearance on American Family Radio on Wednesday.
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.The timorous tentacles of the establishment state are strangling our American Justice system from within. They have been widely planted and their roots go deep ever since Obama/Biden took office. If elections fail to provide the necessary strength needed to kill the invading weeds, stronger measures will be needed to protect the life of the nation. Earing exposure is why they attack our elections and media from within who can apparently only be exposed themselves by whistle blowers from within to defeat the beguilers with the same tactics they use to oppress and divide. They plant their jury justice nullifiers ever bit as efficiently as they plant the seeds of Congressional and Judicial 5th columnists.
Since 91% of DC voters and 80% of northern Virginia voters are Democrats, you have jury nullification no matter what evidence you produce. Some jurors who were questioned after Sussman trial said they didn’t think he should have been charged at all. He was a Hillary lawyer with an office in the FBI! The residents of DC and northern Virginia, as well as nearby Maryland are largely employees or family members of the federal government.
Exactly. THAT IS WHY i wondered, WHY THis was even HELD IN DC?> As that alone, almost guarantees 90% or more of the jury WIL BE DEMS..