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Posted: 2023-06-13T22:49:14Z | Updated: 2023-06-13T22:49:14Z

Aileen Cannon, the U.S. district judge appointed to oversee former President Donald Trump s trial over his handling of classified documents, faces heavy scrutiny after her previous decision favoring Trump in a related case was overturned and found to be riddled with errors.

Democrats in Congress have called for Cannon to recuse herself from overseeing the case against the former president on 37 felony counts, which include mishandling classified documents, obstruction and making false statements, because of her previous favorable disposition toward him.

Im very concerned about her prior rulings and her potential mindset in this case, said Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. In the interests of justice, she might well consider recusing herself.

The standard ... is whether it would cause a reasonable person to question the integrity and impartiality of the proceedings, and I think she has come very close to completely discrediting her own potential impartiality and objectivity with respect to Donald Trump, so that would be the wiser way for her to go, but obviously thats up to her, said Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the ranking member on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee.