Controversy surrounding Cannon has intensified following her decision to hear arguments on the constitutionality of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s appointment.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon continues to find herself at the core of heated debate among legal experts, as Jonathan Turley, prominent legal analyst, defended the judge while taking aim at Cannon’s peers, saying that if a recent report is true, her colleagues are not “staying in their lane.”
In a scathing opinion piece published in the New York Post, Turley, professor at George Washington University Law School, raised concerns about not only the conduct of Cannon’s peers but also the media’s treatment of the judge. He criticized what he describes as a “feeding frenzy” of attacks against Cannon—who’s presiding over former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case in Florida—from politicians, the press and pundits.
He particularly took issue with a recent report by The New York Times suggesting that two of Cannon’s judicial colleagues attempted to persuade her to recuse herself from the case when it was randomly assigned to her.
“The suggestion is that two of her colleagues breached any sense of collegiality and confidentiality to contribute to a hit piece on Cannon”, Turley wrote, arguing that these actions, if true, represent Cannon’s peers not “staying in their lane.
