Dem. would be assassin wants judge to recuse herself

The Democrat accused of trying to assassinate former President Donald J. Trump at his Florida golf course in September, is trying to get the judge recuse herself from his case because she is a Trump-appointed judge and he would rather like a Soros-funded leftist handle his case.

The scumwafer, Ryan Routh [pronounced "Ruth"] on Thursday requested U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon recuse herself from the case because she dismissed Trump's classified documents case and Routh is worried that he might get a fair trial.

"Mr. Trump is currently the Republican candidate for President in next month's election. On the campaign trail, he has repeatedly praised Your Honor for her rulings in this case," the motion states. "As the alleged victim here, he has significant stake in the outcome of this case too. Were he to become President in the future, he would have authority to nominate Your Honor to a federal judgeship on a higher court were a vacancy to arise."

Yeah, so what?

The failed [alleged] assassin argues the "unprecedented facts and circumstances" of the judge's appointment and her handling of special counsel Jack Smith's case against Trump could "create an appearance of partiality [for the law] in the mind of the public."

Smith charged Trujmp with 40 counts of unlawfully retaining classified White House documents after leaving office and obstructing the government's attempts to reclaim them. The same facts did not apply to Joe Biden who wasn't even president at the time he retained classified White House documents in his garage.

However, Cannon dismissed the documents case in July after finding that Smith had been improperly appointed as special counsel. Smith is appealing her decision which based on law, he should lose.

Routh's attorneys cite federal recusal law in their motion and state the "remarkable coincidence" of Cannon being assigned to both cases might inspire conspiracy theories about the court, as opposed to the "remarkable coincidence" that Kamala Harris became vice president and is now running for president, without a single vote by anyone based on the coincidence of her gender [which she cannot identify] and her race [which is either Asian or Jamaican].

"Given these very low odds, the public may suspect that Mr. Trump’s cases have somehow been deliberately steered to this Court. That perception would irreparably damage the integrity of this Court as an institution, not to mention the judicial process," the attorneys wrote, hoping to get a judge who will not view the second assassination attempt on Donald Trump's life as a big deal.

"To be clear, there is no evidence that this case (or any other) was assigned in a non-random manner. But conspiracy theories have been based on less. Recusal would thus have the added benefit of preventing the public from harboring such a dangerous perception."

Exactly--it was not assigned in a non-random manner, so let's move on with it.

The filing indicates that prosecutors are taking the defense motion under advisement.

Routh was alleged to have stalked former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago golf course in West Palm Beach, FL for several weeks and may have planned to head for Mexico upon killing Trump, federal prosecutors said.

He apparently waited around 12 hours outside the Trump International Golf Club with a rifle on September 15, while Trump was golfing. A Secret Service agent luckily spotted Routh pointing a rifle through a perimeter fence and fired at him. He ran like a dog and was arrested that same day.

Routh pleaded not guilty to five counts, including attempted assassination of a presidential candidate [not to mention a former president] amd assault on a federal officer. He already had a previous federal charge with possessing a gun with a filed out serial number, and with illegal possession of a weapon as a felon.

He was ordered in September to remain in custody.

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