(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Two federal judges attempted but failed to bully Judge Aileen Cannon into stepping down from the Mar-a-Lago case against former President Donald Trump.
After Cannon resisted, details of their odd efforts were leaked to the leftist New York Times.
Cannon, a Trump appointee, has recently challenged some of the actions taken by Special Counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the investigation into Trump’s handling of classified documents.
According to the Times, one of the judges who tried to push Cannon out was Cecilia María Altonaga, the chief judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
The second judge’s identity remains undisclosed.
This leak comes amid a broader smear campaign by the Democratic Party and leftist media outlets against Cannon.
Unlike other judges handling Trump-related cases, Cannon has been willing to challenge some of the prosecutor’s claims against Trump.
Despite the Times‘s negative portrayal, the outlet acknowledged that Cannon was under no obligation to relinquish the case, which was randomly assigned to her.
Sources claimed that the unidentified judge called Cannon, advising that the case be transferred to a busier courthouse in Miami.
When this failed, Altonaga contacted Cannon, arguing that it would look bad for her to continue after the Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit overturned her appointment of a special master to review the classified documents.
Conservatives took to social media to praise Cannon for standing her ground and criticized the leftist media for their continued attacks on her integrity, particularly as they have ignored the acts of the Democrat judges presiding over the other Trump cases:
The chief judge told Cannon it would be "bad optics" for her to handle the docs case after Cannon's order appointing a special master–a 3rd party to replace the FBI–after the MAL raid was reversed by appellate panel.
Cannon, however, is now exonerated for her decision to…
— Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) June 20, 2024
If you didn’t care that a Biden donor with family conflicts presided over Trump’s NY case, I could not care less about your thoughts on Judge Cannon. https://t.co/8gceGa0q20
— Patrick (@PMC713) June 20, 2024
The fact that Judge Cannon did not turn over the case to a judge that leaks to the partisan NYT shows her wisdom to continue handling this case in an apolitical manner. A steady hand for the Rule of Law https://t.co/URxunVnGV6
— Mike Howell (@MHowellTweets) June 20, 2024
NOW DO Judge Merchan !! https://t.co/tTEkHuKb5F pic.twitter.com/cKXMFPrsOw
— KK Berd 🇺🇸 (@keny_berd) June 20, 2024
Lol. A judge who donated to Act Blue and Joe Biden isn’t a problem – but Aileen Cannon is. Kick rocks. https://t.co/LK4tU3Ui6i
— Ben Williamson (@_WilliamsonBen) June 20, 2024
The corrupt corporate media is trying to smear and destroy Judge Aileen Cannon.
Why?
For being impartial and giving President Trump a fair trial in the sham persecution against him.
The Biden regime and media want Trump in prison before the election – that’s all it’s about. pic.twitter.com/P4tn6OXGdZ
— Steve Cortes (@CortesSteve) June 20, 2024
