Posted on 04/03/2024 5:53:46 AM PDT by MtnClimber
The residents of Fort Pierce, Florida, are not accustomed to seeing dark SUVs and flashing motorcycles speed down the town’s main thoroughfare bordering the shore of the Atlantic Ocean. Part beach getaway, part working class community, the city is located about 60 miles north of the luxurious Palm Beach estate of the most famous – and frequent –criminal defendant in recent history: Donald J. Trump.
The former president has become a regular visitor to the federal courthouse in Fort Pierce, more specifically, the courtroom of U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon who is presiding over the so-called classified documents trial.
When Special Counsel Jack Smith filed a sprawling indictment against Trump that included 32 counts of violating the Espionage Act for allegedly taking national defense records when he left office, he not only put the 43-year-old judge in the spotlight – he also put her in the crosshairs.
Since being assigned the case in June 2023, Cannon has been widely attacked by Trump’s critics, who demand that she recuse herself from the case for a variety of reasons including a perceived conflict, based on the fact she was appointed by Trump in 2020 and on her inexperience on the bench.
A few days after Cannon received the case, Barbara McQuade, an Obama-appointed assistant U.S. attorney and cable news legal analyst, told the Washington Post, “Judge Cannon could delay the case at the request of Trump, either to provide time to adequately prepare for trial or to avoid interfering with his presidential campaign. She really has the ability to wreak havoc.”
That same week, Obama’s Attorney General, Eric Holder, told MSNBC, “I don't have confidence in her abilities to be fair or to be seen as fair.”
Michael Bromowich, one of the lawyers who represented Brett Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearinvestigations.com ...
It is interesting how the left treats judges who are not left wing hacks.
American justice...Biden Crime Family
Come on Aileen...
The left really believes that the right to a speedy trial applies to the prosecution, or should I say persecution.
SCOTUS material
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