Lawyers Try To Bench Aileen Cannon From Case, Arguing She’s Been In Trump’s Corner One Too Many Times

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I’m sure she’ll take it under consideration and look at it seriously. … Trump hasn’t made a secret about the retribution that he is asking some of his U.S. attorneys to take against his perceived enemies. It is an extraordinary request, but maybe this is an extraordinary situation.

— Professor Carl Tobias of the University of Richmond School of Law, in comments given to Law.com, concerning a request made by ex-CIA Director John Brennan’s lawyers to Chief District Judge Cecilia Altonaga of the Southern District of Florida, to block Judge Aileen Cannon from hearing the case. The letter submitted by Brennan’s lawyers to Altonaga reads, in relevant part: “The United States attorney’s efforts to funnel this investigation to the judge who issued this string of rulings that consistently favored President Trump’s positions in previous litigations should be seen for what it is.”

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