Editorial: Too much is at stake in Trump case for Judge Cannon to preside. She should recuse
by Chicago Tribune Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune
Jun 17, 2023
3 minutes
The last time U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon ruled on a case involving Donald Trump and his alleged hoarding of classified documents, the dressing-down from appellate judges above her was stern and blunt.
Last year, Cannon, a Trump appointee, approved Trump’s demand for an outside arbiter to examine documents that federal agents had seized from the former president’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump’s bid clearly was a stall tactic aimed at slowing the Justice Department’s investigation, and Cannon facilitated it.
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