Yet Again, Shady Judge Cannon Does Trumps BiddingBut It May Backfire
b'On Tuesday, Judge Aileen Cannon temporarily\\xa0denied\\xa0special counsel Jack Smith\\u2019s latest request for a gag order on Donald Trump\\u2019s lie that the FBI was set to use lethal force on Trump at Mar-a-Lago. In keeping with a\\xa0shady pattern of favoritism\\xa0to Trump, Cannon said No, but she may feel pressure to grant the gag order later, lest Smith seek her removal. We talked to legal scholar Matthew Seligman, who has done great work\\xa0road-mapping Trump\\u2019s legal travails, about why Cannon\\u2019s move may not help Trump in the long run\\u2014and why it\\u2019s premature to assume he won\\u2019t face a federal criminal trial before the election. Listen to this episode\\xa0here.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'