(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . My Judicial Misconduct Complaint Urging Recusal Of Judge Cannon [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-05-12 Inspired by Glenn Kirschner’s how to video I have filed with the 11th Circuit a Complaint of Judicial Misconduct against Judge Aileen Cannon, the judge in the classified documents case. If you desire to do so you can start by filling out THIS FORM online and then printing it out. As you can see the form requests a brief statement of facts which you will need to separately type. What I wrote appears below. Once ready, and signed under penalty of perjury, you mail it all to: Elbert P. Tuttle Courthouse Office of the Clerk 56 Forsyth Street, NW Atlanta, GA 30303 What follows is what I put in my brief statement of facts. I had two footnotes which will appear at the bottom. Brief Statement of Facts The 11th Circuit has already ruled that Judge Cannon abused her discretion in this case in favor of this defendant. In so doing, this judge improperly interfered with and delayed a criminal investigation and prosecution of this defendant. In Judge Cannon’s decision overturned by the 11th Circuit, Judge Cannon expressed inappropriate bias for the defendant due to his status as a former President. Rather than treating him as any other defendant in a criminal espionage investigation, Judge Cannon signaled clear special consideration for the defendant, expressing profound concern for the special “stigma” and “reputational harm” associated with an investigation placed on Donald Trump as a former President.[1] Judge Cannon’s overturned decision not only evidenced bias in favor of the defendant, it also evidenced bias against the government and the current prosecutors in the case. Without sound basis, Judge Cannon attacked the integrity of the Investigative Team Members and the filter team review process, comparing the government to a malevolent fox guarding a henhouse.[2] Having signaled her bias for the defendant, and against the prosecution, early in this case, Judge Cannon has since worked hard to protect the defendant’s interest to delay the trial of this case until after the election. Judge Cannon has stalled rulings on routine matters and treated as credible defense claims that do not deserve the multi-day hearings she has scheduled for them. Judge Cannon recently indefinitely delayed the scheduling of a trial date. To deliberately delay an espionage charge trial, in the defendant’s interest, until after the Presidential election, will deny the American people any decision by a jury on this question. This is a travesty. The defendant clearly hopes to win the election and eliminate his own trial on very serious matters relating to national security, either by self pardon or simply by having his own Department of Justice dismiss it. For a judge to cooperate toward that end shows a bias justifying recusal from the case. Judge Cannon’s service to the Defendant’s desire to delay a trial is itself “election interference.” 28 U.S.C. § 455 mandates the recusal of a judge whose impartiality “might be reasonably questioned.” The circumstances here suggest the impartiality of this judge, appointed by the Defendant himself, must be reasonably questioned. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals should move quickly to recuse this judge and replace Judge Cannon with a judge more deserving of the faith of the American people. Failure to do so may make the courts complicit in elevating to our highest office a man credibly accused of placing his own self interest ahead of the national security of this nation. 1 See page 10 of Judge Cannon’s September 5, 2022 approving Defendant’s motion for a special master. https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/22275413/trump-special-master-ruling.pdf Judge Cannon stated, "As a function of Plaintiff’s former position as President of the United States, the stigma associated with the subject seizure is in a league of its own.” There can be no doubt that Judge Cannon regarded the Defendant as a special case entitled to considerations not afforded to ordinary Americans. 2 “In explaining these incidents at the hearing, counsel from the Privilege Review Team characterized them as examples of the filter process working. The Court is not so sure. These instances certainly are demonstrative of integrity on the part of the Investigative Team members who returned the potentially privileged material . . . This Noriega incident points to an obvious flaw in the taint team procedure: the government’s fox is left in charge of the appellants’ henhouse, and may err by neglect or malice, as well as by honest differences of opinion.” Id at Footnote 13. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/12/2240343/-My-Judicial-Misconduct-Complaint-Urging-Recusal-Of-Judge-Cannon?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/