Judge in classified documents case targeted for 'helping' Trump

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 November 23, 2023

Out of all the judges overseeing Donald Trump's criminal trials, only one has been singled out for criticism in the media.

Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, has been regularly accused of helping Trump draw out the process in the classified documents case by pushing back on Jack Smith's aggressive timeline.

The case is tentatively scheduled for May, but Cannon has suggested she might push it back past the 2024 election.

Trump trial delay?

The case is complex - there are three defendants, and it deals with a large trove of classified evidence that can only be viewed under certain conditions.

These practical considerations have failed to move Cannon's critics, of course, many of whom have been baying for Trump's blood for years.

Cannon has agreed with Trump's lawyers that he needs more time to view the evidence, and she has expressed concern about his crammed trial schedule, which includes three other criminal cases - one of which is also being prosecuted by Smith.

“I’m just having a hard time seeing how realistically this work can be accomplished in this compressed period of time, given the realities that we’re facing,” Cannon said at a recent hearing.

The latest blow for Smith came when Cannon rejected his request for a December deadline for Trump to identify the classified documents he plans to use.

Cannon instead gave Trump until March and said she would decide then whether to delay the trial.

“There’s pretty much no chance they could go to trial on May 20 with the current schedule,” said Brian Greer, a former Central Intelligence Agency attorney.

Trump has due process, too

What the left wants is a speedy show trial before the election - they want to use the justice system to secure a political outcome.

Cannon is actually acknowledging that Trump has due process rights, and it's making libs furious.

Robert Mueller's "pitbull," Andrew Weissmann, is among those who have expressed alarm.

"Judge Cannon's bias is showing over and over again. Smith has to be weighing whether, when, and how to seek her reversal by the Court of Appeals and her removal," Weissmann tweeted.

The left is much happier with Tanya Chutkan, the D.C. judge in Trump's 2020 election case (which is also being overseen by Smith.)

Chutkan has given virtually no consideration to the political implications of prosecuting a presidential candidate, and her pre-trial rulings have been uniformly favorable to Smith.

They include signing off on a sweeping gag order that will likely be curtailed by an appeals court in D.C.

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