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Aileen Cannon refuses to recuse from case of man charged with attempting to kill Trump

www.msnbc.com Trump appointed judge Aileen Cannon refuses to recuse from attempted assassination case

Judge Aileen Cannon rejected arguments by lawyers for Ryan Routh that she step off the case because she could be seen as partial toward Donald Trump.

Trump appointed judge Aileen Cannon refuses to recuse from attempted assassination case

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon declined to recuse herself from the case of Ryan Routh, who is charged with attempting to assassinate Donald Trump last month. The judge appointed to the federal bench by the alleged victim in Routh's case brushed aside the defendant's concerns about Trump's praise of Cannon and the possibility that he could promote her to even higher office if he's elected next week.

"I have no control over what private citizens, members of the media, or public officials or candidates elect to say about me or my judicial rulings," Cannon wrote in an order published Tuesday. "I have never spoken to or met former President Trump except in connection with his required presence at an official judicial proceeding, through counsel," added the judge who dismissed Trump's classified documents case in July.

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