According to a former DOJ official, a good indication of how U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida Judge Aileen Cannon will conduct the trial of Donald Trump will soon arrive.
Appearing on "The Saturday Show" with host Jonathan Capehart, a skeptical Harry Litman suggested that the Trump-appointed Cannon will be under intense scrutiny as special counsel Jack Smith's prosecution of the former president on 37 criminal counts kicks into gear.
He went on to point to the moment where Cannon will tip her hand as to how the trial will play out.
"Remember there is a lot of cause for her to step down on her own, and she might have, and yes it's true," he began. "I'm sure she is chastened from being lambasted throughout the country over her last misadventure with Trump."
"But the real test for her is going to be when the Trump lawyers get up and say 'Oh, judge, we need three months to get up to speed and two months to have an evidentiary hearing and enough to get it over the hump. That is hard for even a completely neutral but inexperienced, which she also is, judge to push back on."
"So I remain pretty worried that it will be hard, or it will be a long shot for her to actually make it in time for the American people to decide, which they have a right to when they go to the polls, is our candidate a convict or not?" he added.
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