Judge Cannon’s Duty

Amid reports of efforts to dissuade her off the Trump case, the jurist insists on doing her job.

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In this image from video provided by the Senate Judiciary Committee, Judge Aileen Cannon testifies virtually during her nomination hearing to the Senate Judiciary Committee at Washington, July 29, 2020. Senate Judiciary Committee via AP

What Judge Aileen Cannon lacks in experience she is making up for in gumption — and wisdom. In 2020, the jurist was named to the bench by President Trump. Last year she was assigned by lottery stewardship of his Mar-a-Lago case over how he handled classified documents. Now comes the Times to report that “two more experienced colleagues on the federal bench in Florida urged her to pass it up and hand it off to another jurist.”

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