A chorus of legal experts are calling for Judge Aileen Cannon to recuse herself from former President Donald Trump’s documents trial. A Trump appointee, Cannon drew widespread condemnation for her rulings in Trump’s favor during the FBI’s investigation.
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, which included two judges who were also appointed by Trump.“Trial judges can affect the timing and shape of cases in many ways,”. “They can rule on motions to dismiss counts or the entire indictment, decide what evidence is admitted or excluded, and address a host of other critical questions.”
One point of contention will be that a federal judge in Washington granted a request from prosecutors to apply the “crime fraud exception” to attorney-client privilege in Trump attorney Evan Corcoran's conversations with the ex-president. Justice Department lawyers — pointing to Corcoran’s notes that Trump suggested lying to federal investigators about the existence of hundreds of classified records in his possession — argued Trump used Corcoran’s legal services in furtherance of a crime.
“If Cannon agrees that the jury should not hear all of the Corcoran evidence, the Justice Department’s case won’t be over, but it will be critically hobbled,”The federal law governing recusal says a judge should recuse if their impartiality “might reasonably be questioned.” Stephen Gillers, a professor emeritus at N.Y.U. Law, says Cannon is obligated to recuse herself because she showed favoritism toward Trump in her prior rulings.
“She was partial to Trump as a former President, which should not have any influence on the way this trial is conducted,”. “I’m concerned that the partiality she expressed in her decisions last year creates a reasonable perception in the mind of a fair-minded person that she is not impartial — which is the test.”
"For her to re-emerge as the judge presiding over this historic trial would cast a long shadow over a proceeding that should be, and should be seen to be, entirely unbiased and legally sound," Harvard Law professorIf Cannon doesn’t voluntarily remove herself from the case, the Department of Justice can file a motion requesting that she do so. If she refuses, the government can file a mandamus application with Cannon’s superiors on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.
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