Michael Steele: Judge Cannon Has ‘Proven to Be So Biased in Trump’s Favor, She’s Effectively Putting the Prosecution on Trial’

Steele: “‘Are you worried about going to jail, Mr. President?’ That’s a fair question. After all, the debate is on Thursday and Trump’s sentencing for 34 felony convictions is exactly two weeks after that. So let’s hear the answer.”

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Trump: “No, I’m not worried at all. You know what, it doesn’t bother me. Nothing bothers me. We have a corrupt group of people. And you know what, it’s really working out the other way. We just got the highest poll numbers we ever had. (...) They cheat so much that 10 points is not enough. We have to get more. Because if we don’t win, our country is finished.”
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Steele: “Allow me to translate: ‘If we don’t win, then I’m worried about going to prison.’ And he kind of should be worried. Because as serious as the New York convictions are, the much more serious charges are still hanging out there, they’re right around him. And for all of his talk about a corrupt system, he’s sure getting a lot of help on that front right now. Just take a look at exhibit A in The New York Times this week. After Trump-appointed Judge Aileen Cannon was assigned to the classified documents case last June, two of her more experienced colleagues on the bench urged her to pass it up and hand it off to another judge. Judge Cannon refused. Since then, as the Times puts it, she has exhibited hostility to prosecutors, handled pre-trial motions slowly, and indefinitely postponed the trial. It’s almost as if those judges who encouraged her to decline the case knew how all of this would play out. In fact, Judge Cannon has proven herself to be so biased in Trump’s favor, she is effectively putting the prosecution on trial. On Friday, she heard a challenge by Trump’s defense team claiming that Special Counsel Jack Smith’s appointment was — get this — unconstitutional. And if that argument sounds far-fetched to you, you would not be wrong. As many legal experts would tell you, it is the kind of longshot challenge that would be thrown out by any other judge. It is without basis in law, it’s without precedent, and it has been shot down by similar judges in many other cases. But apparently, Judge Cannon just had to have a hearing about it. It is the last delay tactic from a judge who has wasted countless months on frivolous motions. She has all but refused to allow Trump’s case to go to trial and still, still has not even set a date for the trial to begin. So when it comes to the help Trump is getting from the bench right now, that is exhibit A. But then there is exhibit B, which, of course, is the Supreme Court. It has been two months since the court heard arguments on Trump’s ridiculous claim of presidential immunity.”