In a moment of cosmic alignment for people who believe the Disney ride is accurate and that it is, in fact, a small world after all, would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh has drawn none other than Aileen Cannon as the judge for his case.
Cannon, a Trump appointee, famously critiqued and later dismissed Special Prosecutor Jack Smith’s Mar-a-Lago documents case against the former president. Trump, in return, has praised her skill as a judge. Both of these facts are now being used by Routh to try and get Cannon to recuse herself from his case.
Routh’s attorneys said the “unprecedented circumstances” could create an appearance of partiality in the public’s view.
“Mr. Trump is the current Republican candidate for President in next month’s election. On the campaign trail, he has repeatedly praised Your Honor for her rulings in his case,” Routh’s attorneys wrote in the…
