In addition, Trump is to be tried by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, and that will also pose a problem, said Cotton, considering how she’s ruled in other Jan. 6 cases and some of the rhetoric she’s used, let alone how she has handled some of the preliminary measures in Trump’s case.

“She seems to think this is the case of her lifetime and that she’s been waiting for years to get a case like this, where she can be the center of attention,” he said.

The jury pool is also an issue, as Washington, D.C., is “obviously the most Democrat jurisdiction in the country,” Cotton said.

“I think they voted 92-93% for Trump’s opponents in the last two elections,” he added. “You see time and time again Republicans getting convicted in that district on very flimsy evidence.”

[That may be true, but it’s also difficult to think of another venue where such a trial wouldn’t have jury-pool issues. Trump’s not just famous but polarizing, and every person who voted in 2020 likely has made up his/her mind already about what happened, one way or another. That’s what makes this indictment so potentially corrosive. — Ed]