Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Cannon Declines to Step Aside From Trump Suspect Case

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon will not be recusing herself from overseeing the case involving a man accused of trying to assassinate Donald Trump at his Florida golf club in September.

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... In a motion filed Tuesday, Cannon dismissed assertions that she has any "relationship" with the former president. The judge, who was appointed by Trump in 2020, has been accused of being partial to him, such as when this summer she dismissed the 40 federal felony charges against him in connection with his handling of classified documents after he left the White House.

"I have no control over what private citizens, members of the media, or public officials or candidates elect to say about me or my judicial rulings," Cannon wrote Tuesday. "Nor am I concerned about the political consequences of my rulings or how those rulings might be viewed by 'some in the media.'" ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-29 06:40 PM

@#1

Yeah, right.

But her defense seems to be an attack on the media.


#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-29 06:41 PM

Guess she is just following Merchan's lead.

#3 | Posted by MSgt at 2024-10-29 06:55 PM

@#3 ... Guess she is just following Merchan's lead. ...

How so?

What evidence do you have?


#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-29 07:39 PM

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