Trump-picked judge Aileen Cannon lurks as threat to Mar-a-Lago indictment: Florida prosecutor

Former President Donald Trump appears to be headed toward indictments in Washington, D.C., and possibly Florida, but a prosecutor who lives in the Sunshine State worries that a judge picked by the former president could complicate matters.

A pair of federal grand juries have been hearing evidence in the classified documents investigation, of which the Department of Justice has notified Trump that he is the target, and Palm Beach state attorney Dave Aronberg told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" the ex-president could soon face "a reckoning."

"I think that there are two reasons why they have the grand jury down here," Aronberg said. "I think it is to make sure this is a proper venue for Trump because I think you could see a split indictment like they did in the Paul Manafort case, indictments in D.C. and South Florida against Trump and against Trump's associates down here in South Florida so stay tuned -- exciting times ahead."

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"The grand jury that's been meeting in D.C. has done so much work that I can't imagine that they are just going to leave this whole thing without an indictment," Aronberg continued. "I think that you will see an indictment against Trump in D.C. If you ask federal prosecutors, they would much rather have this the case in D.C. than down here in South Florida. It's a much more favorable jury pool up there, they overwhelmingly voted against Trump. Down here in South Florida, although it is a bluish area, it's not as blue as Washington, D.C., plus there's judge Aileen Cannon down here in Palm Beach County. You remember her, she's the one who seemed to went over backwards to give Trump's legal team everything they wanted in the special master matter until the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals essentially overruled her and took the case away from her, so there are some pitfalls."

"But I think you'll see, like in the Paul Manafort case, a split indictment, there'll be charges up there and there'll be separate charges down here and it will go through the whole process and I guess my advice" he added, "But my advice to Donald Trump is don't buy any green bananas -- a reckoning is coming."

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