The Atlantic: It Was Sedition
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More than Democrats, they're people who basically owe their livelihood to the Federal government, whether they work for it or they are welfare cases. They can't judge fairly any federal defendant but especially a white man or a Republican.
It must be hard legally to argue that the trial shouldn't take place near where the charge occurred, but these juries are more biased than other cases in which I've seen judges move trials.
Come to think of it, how often do news stories even say "a jury of their peers"?