Govt. watchdog demands judge’s recusal from Trump case
WASHINGTON – A U.S. government watchdog has asked District Judge Aileen Cannon to recuse herself from the hearing in former President Donald Trump’s case.
The group Free Speech for the People or FSFP, cites previous rulings by the judge on the matter.
Cannon had ordered the Justice Department to halt its investigation into the secret documents found at Trump’s Florida estate.
FSFP demanded that Cannon either recuse herself or be removed from the case altogether.
In a letter to Chief Judge of the Southern District of Florida Cecilia M. Altonaga, they accused Judge Cannon of “miscarriage of justice and extreme bias.”
“In her order, Judge Cannon insisted that normal principles of prosecution and law could not be applied to Trump because of his status as former president,” wrote the group.
“The unprecedented and unprincipled ruling demonstrated that Judge Cannon could
not be, nor even appear to be, an impartial decision-maker.”
The FSFP’s letter comes less than a week after Trump, who is running for re-election in 2024, was indicted on charges including willful withholding of national defense information.
Trump was also charged with conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and concealing documents in a federal investigation.
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