Can he be any more obvious? Is there even one of his supporters who cringes when he transparently sucks up like this?
Former President Trump praised the judge overseeing his classified documents case as his legal team seeks a postponement of his trial in Florida.
Trump’s motion for a continuance of the trial, filed last Monday, awaits a decision by Judge Aileen Cannon, an appointee of the former president who presided over his initial challenge to the FBI search of his Florida home.
Asked on “Sunday Morning Futures” on Fox News whether he believes the judge will grant the motion, Trump said he did not know.
“I know it’s a very highly respected judge. A very smart judge, and a very strong judge,” Trump said.
When host Maria Bartiromo noted that Trump appointed the judge in the case, Trump said, “I did, and I’m very proud to have appointed her.”
“But she’s very smart and very strong, and loves our country,” Trump said. “We need judges that love our country so they do the right thing.”
Cannon was confirmed as a district judge in the Southern District of Florida with a bipartisan vote in November 2020.McCaul ‘very confident’ NDAA will be a bipartisan bill Mark Kelly ‘concerned’ about impact of No Labels on Biden campaign
Rulings from Cannon substantially slowed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) investigation into Trump over his handling of classified documents upon leaving the White House, in one instance barring prosecutors from using the classified documents they seized from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
Cannon was twice overturned by a higher court, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, which greenlit the DOJ’s use of the documents and disbanded the special master process.
This is too much. I think we know what he’ll do if she “betrays” him by following the law. I wait with bated breath to find out …
It’s going to be very interesting to see how this one plays out.