Cannon, a Trump appointee who has been accused of bias, is overseeing the former president’s federal classified documents case.
The federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case has been dismissed as a “petty partisan prima donna” by ex-Trump lawyer Ty Cobb.
A report published by The New York Times on Thursday claimed that U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee who faced heavy criticism over a series of rulings that seem to favor the former president, had refused to recuse herself from the documents case despite receiving advice to do so from two “more experienced” federal judges in Florida.
Cobb, who served on Trump’s legal team while he was in the White House during 2017 and 2018, denounced Cannon during a CNN interview on Thursday night for being “slow on purpose” in moving forward with the documents case—which would almost certainly be dismissed if Trump’s bid to regain the presidency in the November election is successful.
The former Trump lawyer went on to suggest that the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals might eventually force Cannon off the case if she rules in the former president’s favor in impending hearings on a motion claiming that Special Counsel Jack Smith is a “campaign surrogate” for President Joe Biden.
