Judge Aileen M. Cannon has further demonstrated her lack of fitness to serve on the federal bench. First, she ruled that a special master must be appointed to review the documents seized at former president Donald Trumps's Mara Lago estate and stayed the Justice Department's investigation of their removal and retention, a decision that has been roundly criticized in legal circles and partially reversed by an appellate court. Judge Cannon appointed as special master Judge Raymond Dearie, the candidate recommended by Mr. Trump's lawyers.
When it became apparent that Judge Dearie, a senior federal district judge, was acting decisively and with dispatch, disappointing the Trump legal team's expectations and strategy for delay and obfuscation, Judge Cannon intervened to tether Judge Dearie and slow him down. By patently putting her thumb on the scales of justice, to advantage the man who appointed her, Judge Cannon is bringing disrepute to the federal judiciary and undermining the rule of law.
The Justice Department should consider appealing this latest travesty; failing that, Judge Dearie should consider issuing a noisy resignation as special master.
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