Judge Cannon has appeared confused by basic legal concepts and indulged the Trump defense team’s wildest arguments

Over the course of seven public hearings related to Donald Trump’s classified documents case, a picture has emerged of Judge Aileen Cannon sometimes appearing prepared for legal questions but at other times having difficulty comprehending even the simplest concepts.

In the view of prosecutors and several legal experts, her tendency to repeatedly ask the same question or miss the point of an argument is proof that the Trump-appointed judge is ill-suited to handle a trial that has already been delayed, repeatedly, by her willingness to grant hearings over the Trump team’s most far-fetched requests. The case’s slow progress, they argue, plays into Trump’s strategy of pushing it past Election Day, and then, if elected, stopping it from ever happening.

    • Natanael@slrpnk.net
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      2 years ago

      The fresh round of 34 convictions was from a jury trial. Get jury selection right and he’s toast

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        Though I agree, I think they’re worried about how to select a jury that is allowed to see the evidence.

        I mean, those with high enough security clearances are less likely to be seen as impartial by Drumpfs supporters. (Not that they see anything but full and undying support as impartial) and more likely (so I would suspect) to convict than those who don’t have security clearances.

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          2 years ago

          People at any clearance level have been asking since day one how he is still able to see sunlight. Day 1 classification training explicitly lays out penalties.

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      2 years ago

      Did you see trump was convicted on all counts in the NY false documents trial?

      I was surprised too…