What happened to the Doc investigation?

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2. You must have missed this update:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217872109

Hope you find it helpful.

P.S. you won’t hear Garland say the indictments will have to wait until after 2024; the election season moratorium doesn’t start until September 2024, plenty of time for Smith to finish his presentation to the grand jury and seek indictments from them.

Trump’s attempts at delay by filing executive privilege claims have been resolved pretty quickly- Pence testified this week after only a few weeks delay for court hearings, as have others. The documents case has resolved most, if not all the attorney/client vs crime/fraud exceptions, and most of the attorneys involved have already testified.

The biggest issue that appears to remain is that of venue- should Smith charge with espionage, in which case the venue will almost certainly be Florida, where Trump could draw a sympathetic judge, even the judge who tried to sabotage the documents investigation last year. Or, Smith could focus on obstruction, which would place the venue in DC, and dramatically improve the odds in DOJ’s favor.

Read the full emptywheel post linked in the link above, it will should provide the information you need to answer the question in your OP headline.