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Judge Aileen Cannon appears to “resent” having to take steps to protect witnesses against former President Donald Trump from threats in his Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance told MSNBC’s Joy Reid on Tuesday. This comes after Cannon, a South Florida judge appointed by Trump himself, agreed to protect the names of certain government witnesses against Trump — after special counsel Jack Smith demanding protection for several witnesses he warned would be vulnerable. “Aileen Cannon seems to be trying to protect herself from getting this case taken from her b…

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