Ryan Wesley Routh, the man charged in the second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, wants the judge overseeing his case to recuse herself. 

CNN reports that Routh and his legal team argued, in a recent court filing, that Judge Aileen Cannon ought to step aside.

Background

You are likely familiar with Judge Cannon from the classified documents case that was brought against Trump by Special Counsel Jack Smith. This was the case in which Smith argued that Trump broke the law by mishandling classified documents after leaving the White House.

Smith lost the case. Cannon threw the case out after finding that Smith was not properly appointed to his "special counsel" role by the Biden-Harris administration.

As you may remember, Cannon has been ruthlessly attacked by the political left for her decision-making in the case. She has essentially been labeled a Trump-lackey, even though legal experts on both sides of the political aisle believe that he handled the case well.

Now, however, Routh wants her off of his case, alleging that, given her connection to Trump, she can not be impartial.

Recuse yourself

If you are unfamiliar with how the legal system works, judges - at least in Florida, where this case is taking place - are randomly assigned to cases. It just so happened that Cannon got the nod for Routh's case.

Routh submitted a motion on Thursday, however, asking for her to be removed from the case.

In the motion, Routh's legal team argued, "Mr. Trump is currently the Republican candidate for President in next month's election. On the campaign trail, he has repeatedly praised Your Honor for her rulings in this case."

The motion continues, "As the alleged victim here, he has significant stake in the outcome of this case too. Were he to become President in the future, he would have authority to nominate Your Honor to a federal judgeship on a higher court were a vacancy to arise."

Routh went on to argue that Cannon's background with Trump creates "an appearance of partiality in the mind of the public," and that, therefore, she ought to step aside.

Will she?

At the time of this writing, the answer is unclear.

Routh submitted his motion on Thursday, and, thus far, Cannon has not responded to it.

It is unclear whether she will give in to Routh's request. Some also tried to push her off of the Trump classified documents case, but she refused to step aside. We'll have to see if she does the same here.