Tribe, who has taught law at Harvard since 1968, called on Cannon to recuse herself"even if she is personally convinced that she could preside impartially and without any bias or appearance of bias." In fact, he added, for her not to do so, given the history of this case would violate a federal law regarding a judge's impartiality.
"Judge Cannon's rulings in favor of Donald Trump's motion to suspend the criminal investigation...including her appointment of a special master to undertake a review that had no basis in law, certainly fits that test by establishing a strong basis for questioning her impartiality, entirely apart from the aggravating factor that she was appointed to her lifetime position on the federal bench by defendant Donald Trump," Tribe said.
Tribe said he was unsure of how Cannon was selected but added that even if"no thumb was put on the scale," it will be difficult to convince Americans that the appointment was the result of"unadulterated coincidence." "That fact in itself undermines the confidence that the public should have in the process leading either to Trump's conviction or to his acquittal or, worst of all, to a trial so long delayed that no result is reached before the next presidential election," he said to
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