In this July 29, 2020, image from video provided by the U.S. Senate, Aileen M. Cannon speaks remotely during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for her nomination to be U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, in Washington. Credit: Courtesy of the U.S. Senate / AP

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A recent column in the Bangor Daily News stated “Despite the verdict in New York….he [Trump] and his lawyers, aided by a dose of luck, have succeeded in postponing any final reckoning until after Election Day.”

It’s not luck. I think it’s corruption. Trump provided loyalist Aileen Cannon a judgeship for life and I believe she is repaying him. A grand jury of ordinary Americans, with nothing to gain, indicted Trump for withholding classified documents and obstruction of justice.

After her pro-Trump ruling was  reversed by the circuit court, Cannon delayed setting a trial date without reason, and now has announced she will set no trial date at this time.

I believe this is a naked display of partisan and personal interest, and it should not be countenanced. There is a nationwide grassroots effort to remove Cannon and demand that an independent judge be assigned for a speedy trial.

Joyce Schelling

Orland

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