Judge Cannon called out for playing 'death-ball' with Trump trial

Reacting to the speed with which the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia will hear arguments over Donald Trump's assertion that he should be afforded presidential immunity over his Jan. 6 insurrection actions, one former U.S. attorney took a shot at U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida Judge Aileen Cannon.

Speaking with MSNBC host Katie Phang, former prosecutor Joyce Vance praised the D. C. court taking up the question of immunity that is presently holding up Donald Trump's Jan. 6 trial in Judge Tanya Chutkan's courtroom.

She contrasted that with the Trump-appointed Cannon where there is no progress being made after special counsel Jack Smith filed obstruction of justice charges against Trump for stealing sensitive government documents, storing them in his Mar-a-Lago resort and refusing to return them.

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According to Vance, "This is the key question because Trump's overall strategy is one of delay, get everything past the election, and hope that you can resolve everything from the Oval Office in your favor."

"I think it's been a little bit baffling to watch some of the judges like Aileen Cannon and the Florida Mar-a-Lago related criminal prosecution, where she has been playing, you know, slow-ball. I think some people would call it death-ball, trying to keep that case from going anywhere," she told the host.

'What we're seeing now in Washington is very hopeful," she added. "To people who aren't lawyers, I think the speed at which courts move is mystifying, is extremely slow. What we've seen in these last couple of weeks has been lightning speed, out of both of these courts."

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