Judge Aileen Cannon tossed out the former president's classified documents case.
Aileen Cannon, the Florida judge initially assigned to oversee Donald Trump's classified documents case, answers questions during her nomination hearing by the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on July 29, 2020, in a still image from video.Ryan Routh's attorneys argued in their 10-page motion that Judge Aileen Cannon's recusal from the federal case "is essential to preserve the appearance of impartiality.
Aileen Cannon, the Florida judge initially assigned to oversee Donald Trump's classified documents case, answers questions during her nomination hearing by the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on July 29, 2020, in a still image from video.in 2020 and she was assigned to special counsel Jack Smith's case against Trump for allegedly mishandling classified documents case, which she dismissed over the summer.
"Taken together, these unprecedented facts and circumstances might create an appearance of partiality in the mind of the public," the motion read.Booking photo obtained on September 19, 2024, from the Palm Beach County Sheriff's office in Florida, shows the mugshot of Ryan Wesley Routh.Routh was arrested on Sept. 15 after a Secret Service agent spotted him with a rifle at the Trump International Golf Club course in West Palm Beach, Florida.
"By repeatedly and publicly praising this Court by name for its rulings in his case, Mr. Trump has arguably bolstered the perception that the Court is partial in his favor. Moreover, were Mr. Trump to become President again in the future, he would be in a position to nominate Your Honor to a vacancy on a higher appellate court, including the U.S. Supreme Court.
"To be clear, there is no evidence that this case was assigned in a non-random manner. But conspiracy theories have been based on less. Recusal would thus have the added benefit of preventing the public from harboring such a dangerous perception," they said.
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