Ryan Routh, the man who stands accused of plotting to kill former President Donald Trump at his Florida golf course in September is of the belief that the judge assigned to his case is unfairly biased against him and should step aside.

However, as The Hill reports, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, the jurist overseeing Routh's case, has just denied his request for her recusal, stating that there are, in fact, no grounds warranting such a move.

Routh requests recusal

Fox News noted separately earlier this month that Routh, through his lawyers, submitted a court filing asking Cannon to remove herself from the proceedings, given her history in matters pertaining to Trump.

Routh's legal team pointed particularly to the fact that earlier in the summer, Cannon dismissed the federal classified documents case against Trump brought by special counsel Jack Smith.

In their filing requesting her removal, Routh's lawyers wrote to Cannon, “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 continued, “As the alleged victim here, he has significant stake in the outcome of this case, too.”

Pointing to what they suggested might be Cannon's potential personal interest in swaying the outcome of the case, Routh's lawyers added, “Were he to become President in the future, he would have authority to nominate Your Honor to federal judgeship on a higher court were a vacancy to arise.”

Cannon says no

Earlier this week, however, Cannon declined to recuse herself from Routh's criminal case, dismissing the defendant's allegations of undue bias.

Cannon outlined reasoning for the denial in a written opinion, noting, “As Defendant acknowledges, 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.”

The judge continued, “Nor am I concerned about the political consequences of my rulings or how those rulings might be viewed by some in the media.”

Addressing directly concerns about any personal relationship with Trump, Cannon added, “I have never spoken to or met former President Trump except in connection with his required presence at an official proceeding, through counsel.”

Cannon emphasized, “I have no 'relationship to the alleged victim' in any reasonable sense of the phrase.”

Liberal skepticism remains

Despite Cannon's assurances that she has no relationship with or bias when it comes to Trump, left-leaning media outlets such as ABC News have suggested that she does, in fact, stand to gain if the former president reclaims the White House, pointing to the presence of the judge's name on an internal Trump team document listing potential picks for key jobs in the Justice Department, FBI, White House counsel's office, and other agencies in a potential Republican administration.

Regardless of any admiration Trump may have for Cannon and her ruling in his classified documents case, it is clear that the judge herself does not believe any disqualifying conflict exists and, at least for now, she remains steadfast in her determination to oversee Routh's case, to which she was randomly assigned.