OAN’s Abril Elfi
2:27 PM – Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Activist Monica Lewinsky has stated that Judge Aileen Cannon, the judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case should be impeached.
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“I am angry about the documents case in Florida,” Lewinsky said in a post on the social platform X. “It is INSANE that it hasn’t moved forward to trial, and I hope judge [Aileen Cannon] is impeached. IF the documents had been declassified (which they weren’t) then all Trump had to do was Xerox them and return originals that were being asked for and explain they were declassified (again, for those in back, which they weren’t).”
The case involving the classified documents has been placed on indefinite hold by Cannon, who has declined to schedule a trial until she has resolved pretrial motions.
“IF it had been an honest (ahem) mistake to take them… just return them — LIKE EVERY OTHER PRESIDENT WHO WAS FOUND TO HAVE CLASSIFIED MATERIALS IN THEIR PRIVATE POSSESSION. (which still would have warranted an investigation but maybe not resulted in a trial,)” Lewinsky continued in her Tuesday post. “The danger and damage done by this judge is mind-numbing,” Lewinsky added.
Regarding her handling of the case, Cannon has come under increasing fire from some who feel that she is showing the former president too much respect. This week, Michael Steele, the former chair of the Republican National Committee, asserted that she is “putting the prosecution on trial.”
The New York Times has reported that two judges tried to persuade Cannon to turn over the documents case when it was given to her a year ago. The former president had challenged a warrant to search his home, and Cannon had handled the case initially. However, a higher court later blocked Cannon’s appointment of a special master, which prompted the requests.
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