Michael Steele: Judge Cannon Has ‘Proven to Be So Biased in Trump’s Favor, She’s Effectively Putting the Prosecution on Trial’

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STEELE: “After Trump-appointed Judge Aileen Cannon was assigned to the classified documents case last June, two of her more experienced colleagues on the bench urged her to pass it up and hand it off to another judge.  Judge Cannon refused. Since then, as the Times puts it, she has exhibited hostility to prosecutors, handled pre-trial motions slowly, and indefinitely postponed the trial. It’s almost as if those judges who encouraged her to decline the case knew how all of this would play out. In fact, Judge Cannon has proven herself to be so biased in Trump's favor, she is effectively putting the prosecution on trial. On Friday, she heard a challenge by Trump's defense team claiming that Special Counsel Jack Smith’s appointment was — get this — unconstitutional. And if that argument sounds far-fetched to you, you would not be wrong. As many legal experts would tell you, it is the kind of longshot challenge that would be thrown out by any other judge. It is without basis in law, it’s without precedent, and it has been shot down by similar judges in many other cases. But apparently, Judge Cannon just had to have a hearing about it.”