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Trump Lawyers Eye Request to Move Case to Staten Island

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Residents of Manhattan, where he was indicted, are overwhelmingly Democrats.

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Former President Donald Trump hasn’t even been arraigned yet, but his lawyers are already thinking about asking to have his case moved from Manhattan to Staten Island, according to a report from Bloomberg. About 44 percent of registered voters on Staten Island are Republicans, while only about 9 percent of Manhattan voters are in the GOP. Bloomberg reports that Trump’s defense team is waiting to review the charges in Thursday’s indictment before making a decision on asking for a change of venue—which would be a real longshot.

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