Press Members Cry a River Over the Judge in the Trump Case

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Press Members Cry a River Over the Judge in the Trump Case

By Bonchie
June 12, 2023

It hasn’t even been a week since the DOJ announced a new indictment of Donald Trump, this time related to a supposed “conspiracy” to obstruct justice in his handling of government documents under the Espionage Act. In that short amount of time, the press has begun to shift from sheer jubilation to worry.

That change is being driven by who the judge in the case is. As RedState reported, instead of getting a Democrat-appointed judge in a heavily leftwing DC-area jurisdiction, the DOJ is being forced to prosecute Trump in Florida, and the judge just so happens to be Aileen Cannon. Who is Cannon? She’s the same judge who had the press crying a river during the litigation that followed the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago.

NBC News printed an angst-filled piece supposing how she “could hobble” the DOJ’s case.

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But while NBC News tried to couch their consternation in passive-aggressive concern trolling, others were more direct. On MSNBC, two “legal analysts” suggested Cannon should voluntarily pass the case to someone else (Fox News).

Lam argued that Cannon’s legal past with Trump is a “red-herring” but isn’t a substantial basis for her to recuse herself from the case. Vance disagreed with Lam, asserting that Cannon should pass the case to another judge to avoid “any appearance of impropriety.”

“This is about how the public will view this case,” Vance said. “And because of her decisions in the earlier matter where the 11th Circuit didn’t just reverse her, but they said she was out of bounds, that she lacked jurisdiction. They moved extraordinarily quickly to prevent her from allowing Trump to engage in delay. I think that alone might hamper her decision-making,

“The judge who oversees the case has a lot of authority to make subtle decisions that don’t necessarily come to public notice in time to impact the outcome of a case,” Vance continued. “She could impact the selection of jurors. She will rule on pretrial motions. She would rule on the admissibility of evidence if she was the trial judge…”

You know, I don’t remember ever hearing MSNBC or any other mainstream press outlet calling for a Democrat-appointed judge to not handle a case because of past rulings or who appointed them. Only here, in what could be the biggest political indictment in history, is all of that suddenly relevant. How very convenient, right?

Besides, the idea that people would trust the verdict more if it occurred in some far-left judge’s court is farcical. A judge like Cannon actually elevates the appearance of fairness because she’s shown she won’t let the DOJ run all over her. We have a system of justice in this country, and being part of the federal government does not and should not grant special privileges that lead to questionable convictions. If the DOJ believes it has a strong case, it should be able to prove it without any unfair assistance.

As a final example of the press freak-out, here’s Mark Joseph Stein of Slate taking the mask fully off. He slanders Cannon directly, not even attempting to couch it in legalese (Newsbusters).

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Source:  https://redstate.com/bonchie/2023/06/12/press-members-cry-a-river-over-the-judge-in-the-trump-case-n759873