Trump-Backed Candidates Flop Big-Time in Several Republican Primaries – The New Republic

Importantly, Cannon has not ruled on both sides. Cannon processed pretrial motions at a glacial pace, threw out portions of the case, showed an unfaltering compliance to all of Trumps time-wasting requests, and even indefinitely postponed the actual trial. Last week, it was reported that Cannon refused calls from senior federal judges to hand off the classified documents case, signaling her insistence on keeping the high-profile case on her desk. This week, she has brought the trial to a complete standstill so Trumps lawyers can play out a hearing over the validity of special counsel Jack Smiths appointment.

Faulkner also weighed in on criticism of Cannon. Well, they dont want a judge whos actually going to look at this from a fresh perspective, and follow the justice and the legal systems rules on this, she said, arguing that attacks on the Trump-appointed judge went all the way to the White House and the presidents campaign team.

From a group of people, liberal media, who said, you know, you cant pick on women, they fall to the woman card, the race card, yet they pick on who they need to pick on, she said. When Cannon had announced the hearing into Smiths appointment, the left lost its mind, and this is proof of that. I wish they were classier at it, but theyre not.

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Trump-Backed Candidates Flop Big-Time in Several Republican Primaries - The New Republic