Separate trial, transfer of venue sought for ex-CIA official (Foggo)

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DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO – Lawyers for former CIA official Kyle “Dusty” Foggo, who is charged in a corruption case spun from the Randy “Duke” Cunningham bribery scandal, have asked a judge to move his trial to Washington, D.C., and to allow him to be tried separately from fellow defendant Brent Wilkes.

In the request for a transfer, filed in federal court this week, lawyers reasoned that the case is centered mostly in the district that includes Washington, D.C., with most of the alleged crimes occurring there. Foggo, his family, his lawyers, and most potential witnesses for both the prosecution and defense reside there.

As for the motion to create two trials, the lawyers wrote that Foggo has been unfairly linked to the Cunningham case in San Diego news reports.

“Mr. Foggo is not charged with bribery or with any conduct related to Mr. Cunningham and is not implicated in any way to the often-reported 'debauchery' or 'prostitution' acts described in the second indictment filed against Mr. Wilkes,” said the court document written by lawyers Mark J. MacDougall and W. Randolph Teslik.

more at link - http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20070502-9999-1m2foggo.html

Which US Attorney would this switch to? Is there a friendlier court in DC or someone that CIA could pressure? With all the scandals going on, I suspect ulterior motives when one of them sneezes.