Judge Cannon blocks Fani Willis' Trump prosecution with court date decision: legal expert

Judge Aileen Cannon's decision to keep the classified document trial dates as they stand, despite Donald Trump's rescheduling request, could be an attempt to cause problems for the Georgia prosecutor who has charged the former president with trying to overturn the 2020 election, according to NYU law professor Andrew Weissmann.

While some legal analysts took to social media to indicate their suspicions that the Florida judge will likely allow Trump to have whatever he requests, Weissman wonders if this new ruling isn't targeted at Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

"This doesn't change my opinion of Cannon one iota," said Weissmann, a critic of Cannon's. "By allowing Trump to later move to delay the trial, but keeping the date for now, she is blocking Fani Willis from scheduling her trial on the current FLA date. And Cannon has substantially delayed the dates for all FLA filings."

Earlier this month, Chicago podcaster Tom Joseph posted that Cannon is between a rock and a hard place when it comes to the dates for her trial.

"Corrupt Judge Cannon will delay Trump's May 20 classified documents trial to protect him, except he has a problem," he explained.

"If she delays the docs trial too much, it open a window for Fani Willis to bring her RICO trial of Trump. Trump needs Cannon to incrementally block Willis."

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