CNN Legal Analyst Astounded Trump-Appointed Judge Hearing Arguments From People!

CNN analyst Katelyn Polantz expressed astonishment that Judge Aileen Cannon wanted to hear arguments from unrelated parties on whether Special Counsel Jack Smith’s prosecution of former President Donald Trump should be dismissed.

Judge Cannon — a Trump appointee — held a hearing Friday on Smith’s appointment, the gag order request, and other issues.

On Friday’s edition of CNN Newsroom, Polantz told anchor Wolf Blitzer that Cannon is taking the “unusual” step of hearing arguments from “people that have nothing to do with this case”: