Judge Cannon's latest order chastising Special Counsel Jack Smith in Donald Trump's criminal case over stashed classified documents contains some language that might come back to haunt the jurist, according to a former federal prosecutor.
Cannon, who has been accused of favoritism in her rulings in favor of the ex-president who appointed her to the bench, has previously been reversed by an appeals court that found she gave Trump improper deference during the investigation phase of the case.
The case is now going to make its way to the Eleventh Circuit again, according to former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance. And when it does, Vance warns, some of Cannon's words will likely "come back to haunt her."
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In a post published on her Substack page on Sunday, Vance said Cannon's courtroom is "increasingly reminiscent of 'Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,' where important matters are upside down."
Vance further delves into the history of the documents case, where the most recent major development was Cannon's response to Smith's argument that she should rule on Trump's Presidential Records Act motion.
"Judge Cannon seemed to view the jury instructions side show as a way of winking and nodding at Trump about the future of his defense once the case went to trial," according to Vance. "So it’s off base for her to call Smith’s request to clarify the ground rules 'unprecedented and unjust.'"
Then came the warning, which could play out on appeal.
"It’s possible to imagine that language come back to haunt her, when the Eleventh Circuit ultimately looks at this situation—because that moment is inevitably coming—and decides whose position here has been unprecedented and unjust," Vance wrote.
Vance then lays out the potential next steps for Smith to take.
Read the full post right here.