Federal juries in Washington, D.C., have a pretty consistent record of convictions in cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots, and a defense lawyer who has worked in over 50 of them thinks she knows why.

“This is a Democratic town. People here are Democrats,” Kira Anne West said.

After two years of Capitol riot trials, it’s settling in for the dozens of cases still in the queue that getting a fair trial before a jury is nearly impossible in a town that voted 93% Democratic in the 2020 presidential election.

“I don’t think you can get a fair trial in this town if you were there” at the Capitol on Jan. 6, West said in a C-SPAN “Booknotes” interview with Brian Lamb, the founder of the public service cable outlet.

West said that it’s not just the city’s politics, which is very liberal, supportive of President Joe Biden and dismissive of any defense offered by the hundreds charged in Jan. 6-related cases.

“Culturally, people in Washington, D.C., are very, very different than the rest of this country. And it’s been my experience — I mean, I set out with a really positive attitude, thinking, OK, I can argue this jury. I’ve done it a million times. How hard can it be? Well, it’s really hard,” West said.

And forget about fairness if the defendant also faces a gun charge. “They don’t want to hear it, especially if your case has anything to do with firearms,” West said. “That’s it. You’re a domestic terrorist.”

She did say that trials with no juries and just a judge are less biased, and she was especially complimentary to those appointed by then-President Barack Obama. “I’ve gotten not guilty counts from judges, not from juries,” she said.

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In an earlier story, West also said that Justice prosecutors are overreaching in charging people who were bystanders that day or who spent a few minutes inside the Capitol.

As for those convicted of nonviolent crimes, the leading Republican presidential candidates, including former President Donald Trump, have promised to consider pardons.