<p>Special counsel Jack Smith&#8217;s classified documents <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/special-counsel-jack-smith-vows-speedy-trial-for-trump-cites-gravity-of-alleged-crimes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">case</a> against former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> received a jolt of controversy when a certain judge got assigned to it.</p>
<p>U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who was nominated to the bench by Trump, is facing some calls to recuse herself over past rulings tied to the documents matter, particularly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/court-blocks-special-master-review-of-mar-a-lago-documents" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one</a> in favor of Trump&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/special-counsel-jack-smith-is-trying-trumps-document-case-in-florida-heres-why" target="_blank" rel="noopener">request</a> for a special master to weed out privileged materials the FBI seized from Trump&#8217;s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, which got overturned by a federal appeals court.</p>
<p>As of press time, Cannon remains attached to the case, although the <a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article276328096.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Miami Herald</a> reported that Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman would preside over Trump&#8217;s expected arraignment in Miami on Tuesday and handle bond matters.</p>
<p>Last week, a federal grand jury <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/shameful-vivek-ramaswamy-says-political-media-doing-the-bidding-of-u-s-government" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indicted</a> the former president on 37 counts, including alleged violations of the Espionage Act. Trump denies any wrongdoing, claiming he is being subject to a &#8220;witch hunt&#8221; as he runs again for the presidency. Walt Nauta, an aide to Trump, was also <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/who-is-walt-nauta-trump-aide-indictment-documents-case/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indicted</a> in the documents case.</p>
<p>The chief clerk of the federal court in the Southern District of Florida told <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/10/us/politics/judge-aileen-cannon-trump-documents.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a> that &#8220;normal procedures were followed&#8221; when Cannon was assigned the case, indicating that it was a random selection.</p>
<p>Trump announced his intent to nominate Cannon to be a federal judge in April 2020. At the time, she served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of Florida. <a href="https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-judicial-nominees-11/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The White House</a> said Cannon also had served as a law clerk to Judge Steven Colloton on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit after graduating magna cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School. The Senate <a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1162/vote_116_2_00228.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">approved</a> Cannon&#8217;s nomination by a 56-21 vote, with 23 members not voting.</p>
<p>During her first couple of years on the bench, Cannon has made some rulings that have made headlines unrelated to Trump and his handling of documents after leaving office.</p>
<p>Cannon dealt an 18-month prison sentence to a man named Paul Hoeffer over death threats against then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and Chicago state attorney Kim Foxx in <a href="https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/2022/04/04/paul-hoeffer-gets-18-months-death-threats-pelosi-other-top-women/7272040001/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">April 2022</a>. The Palm Beach Post reported a federal prosecutor had been pressing for a nearly three-and-a-half-year sentence against Hoeffer. In another case, Cannon <a href="https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/crime/martin-county/2022/07/13/former-sewalls-point-police-officer-juan-garcia-ordered-prison/10040943002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ordered</a> a former police officer to spend 26 years in federal prison for trying to solicit sex from an underaged teenage boy.</p>
<p>But it was Cannon&#8217;s prior involvement in the Trump documents matter — punctuated by a rebuke from a panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals overturning her special master order in December — that has stirred debate on whether the judge will be impartial with a role that will help dictate such elements of a trial as <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/12/us/judge-aileen-cannon-trump-trial.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">jury selection and evidence</a>.</p>
<p>Pointing to <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/455" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a section of U.S. Code</a> that says a judge shall disqualify themselves if their &#8220;impartiality might reasonably be questioned,&#8221; Norman Eisen, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/7-times-obama-administration-obstructed-justice-ben-shapiro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">served</a> as special counsel to President Barack Obama for ethics and government reform, said Cannon&#8217;s situation &#8220;clearly&#8221; fits that test. &#8220;She is obligated to recuse herself &amp; if she doesn’t the 11th circuit will likely reassign sooner or later,&#8221; Eisen <a href="https://twitter.com/NormEisen/status/1668252110079639555" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a> in a tweet on Monday.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Under 28 USC 455(a) a judge shall disqualify themselves if their “impartiality might reasonably be questioned.”</p>
<p>Judge Cannon’s situation clearly fits that test</p>
<p>She is obligated to recuse herself &amp; if she doesn’t the 11th circuit will likely reassign sooner or later (3/x) <a href="https://t.co/Uqe747S8tc">pic.twitter.com/Uqe747S8tc</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Norm Eisen (#TryingTrump out now!) (@NormEisen) <a href="https://twitter.com/NormEisen/status/1668252110079639555?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Richard Painter, an ethics official in President George W. Bush&#8217;s White House, joined Eisen in making this argument, <a href="https://twitter.com/RWPUSA/status/1668282820110741506" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, &#8220;In light of the reversal on appeal of her prior rulings in this case, Judge Cannon now should recuse.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Matthew Whitaker, who served as acting attorney general under Trump, defended Cannon during an interview on<a href="https://twitter.com/NEWSMAX/status/1668343662906884096" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Newsmax</a>. &#8220;Contrary to what the Left wants you to believe, Judge Cannon is a very capable judge,&#8221; he said.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;I&#39;m sure the judge is going to be very sympathetic to his request to extend it.&quot; </p>
<p>Former acting AG Matthew Whitaker [<a href="https://twitter.com/MattWhitaker46?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MattWhitaker46</a>] predicts that Judge Aileen Cannon will be fair to Donald Trump and extend the trial past the 2024 Election.</p>
<p>MORE: <a href="https://t.co/uPTI3VVxyX">https://t.co/uPTI3VVxyX</a> <a href="https://t.co/HwV01ignFJ">pic.twitter.com/HwV01ignFJ</a></p>
<p>&mdash; NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) <a href="https://twitter.com/NEWSMAX/status/1668343662906884096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Longtime Miami defense attorney Gustavo Lage told <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/special-counsel-jack-smith-is-trying-trumps-document-case-in-florida-heres-why" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a> that Cannon has &#8220;a very good pedigree&#8221; but noted that the judge&#8217;s relatively short time on the bench makes it hard to gauge her influence in the Trump case.</p>
<p>“If we are to look at what happened with the search warrant issue, we could reasonably believe she’s more pro-Trump than anti-Trump; although, I wouldn’t necessarily say that she is not going to be fair, or not going to call balls and strikes just because she is a Trump appointee,&#8221; he said.</p>

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