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Judge Aileen Cannon, the Donald Trump appointee assigned to special counsel Jack Smith’s Mar-a-Lago documents indictment, has drawn widespread criticism for her handling of the case. Cannon has repeatedly delayed the trial, and Ty Cobb — a former Trump White House lawyer turned Trump critic — has attacked her for showing a “palpable bias” in Trump’s favor. Trump ally Roger Stone, according to The New Republic’s Hafiz Rashid, has implied that Cannon is a staunch Trump loyalist. And the New York Times is reporting that two of Cannon’s “more experienced colleagues” urged her to “pass up” the case…

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