Joe Scarborough Goes Off On Judge Overseeing Documents Case: ‘Little More Than A Hack for Donald Trump!’
Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough went off on the federal judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s ongoing classified documents case, blasting Trump-appointed District Judge Aileen Cannon as “little more than a hack.”
The MSNBC host’s take followed analysis of a tense hearing on Monday in Florida during which Cannon voiced skepticism about prosecutors request for a gag order as part of Trump’s bail. Prosecutors argued public statements could endanger FBI agents and lead to violence from his supporters.
During the hearing, Cannon also repeatedly admonished David Harbach, the prosecutor for the special counsel, for his tone and called into question the strength of his evidence.
On Tuesday, Scarborough slammed Cannon: “It’s simply outrageous. She makes one outrageous comment after another, one outrageous ruling after another.”
He continued, listing his list of charges against the district judge: “She has already been rebuked in earlier situations by the 11th Circuit for shilling for Donald Trump. She had two judges come to her asking her to step off the case. That just doesn’t happen. When you have two judges coming to you saying you need to step off a case, you step off the case if you’re interested in what your reputation is going to be among other judges, the judicial system and those who revere the rule of law.”
He added: “She just doesn’t really care. From the outside, she is doing everything she can do to play into her critic’s view that she is little more than a hack for Donald Trump.”
The host then rounded on Cannon’s actions in court on Monday, in denying the gag order request and dismissing the idea that Trump’s statements could endanger those involved in the case.
Scarborough said: “It’s sort of a real-life moment to look at how disconnected she purposefully is from reality when she says this man’s threats can’t impact other people’s lives. This man’s threats and his words have led to Nancy Pelosi’s husband being bludgeoned nearly to death in his home, it’s led to people milling pipe bombs, and it’s led to just countless death threats, and people have had to get around-the-clock security. What she is saying is a lie. She knows what she is saying is a lie. And, yet, she says it anyway from the position of a federal bench, saying that Donald Trump’s threats can’t cause any violence or threats of violence?”
He continued: “Read the newspapers. That is a lie on its face. In fact, you could go to another judge, probably in that same judicial district, and they would take judicial notice of the fact that Donald Trump’s threats often lead to violence or threats of violence.”
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