"No words for this": Legal experts pan Aileen Cannon's "outrageous" pro-Trump bias ( www.salon.com )

Judge Cannon has appeared confused by basic legal concepts and indulged the Trump defense team's wildest arguments

Over the course of seven public hearings related to Donald Trump's classified documents case, a picture has emerged of Judge Aileen Cannon sometimes appearing prepared for legal questions but at other times having difficulty comprehending even the simplest concepts.

In the view of prosecutors and several legal experts, her tendency to repeatedly ask the same question or miss the point of an argument is proof that the Trump-appointed judge is ill-suited to handle a trial that has already been delayed, repeatedly, by her willingness to grant hearings over the Trump team's most far-fetched requests. The case's slow progress, they argue, plays into Trump's strategy of pushing it past Election Day, and then, if elected, stopping it from ever happening.

FlyingSquid ,
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Haven't people said there's a way for Jack Smith to appeal for a different judge if it's shown she isn't doing her job? Why hasn't he done that?

DrBob ,

If they said that, they're wrong. There are very limited circumstances that allow an appeal to the 11th circuit and she hasn't tripped those wires yet...mostly by not issuing rulings. Scheduling is not an appealable matter.

TranscendentalEmpire ,

I may be wrong, but I think scheduling is an appealable matter, but only for the defense. Right to a speedy trial and whatnot.

But yeah, it's pretty obvious she's waiting to dismiss the case once a jury has been selected so she can force a double jeopardy scenario.

The justice department needs to come up with a new way to dismiss or punish federal judges who cannot remain impartial, or are so obviously abusing their positions.

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