Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed Donald Trump's documents case this week, leading some to believe that the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals would swoop in and not only reinstate the case, but remove Cannon from overseeing it. CNN legal reporter Tierney Sneed consulted with "a lawyer who literally wrote a book on the 11th Circuit criminal jurisprudence," and she she wrote on X the chances of removing Cannon from the case were slim. In a piece for CNN.com, Sneed spoke with Don Samuel, author of "Eleventh Circuit Criminal Handbook," who described the difficulties in having Cannon removed. Never has there been such a significant case involving classified documents taken and by a president who refused to return them. Sneed spoke to Jon May, another criminal defense lawyer in Florida, who called Cannon's dismissal "wrong" but "not bonkers."

Source: CNN July 19, 2024 04:24 UTC