7/ This new DC indictmt wd be narrow & focus only on Trump's obstruc of grand jury subpoena. There is legal basis for bringing this case in DC, if brought under 18 USC 1512. See venue provision below. Per 18 USC 1515(a), "official proceeding" incl GJ.
There is q of whether this statutory venue provision is constit'l. In US v Trie), DC district court permitted a case like to proceed. There is some earlier DC precedent to contrary, but Cong amended 1512's venue provisions after those decisions
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