Judge Cannon, likely due to her lack of experience, made significant errors in an unrelated case days after she was given the Trump classified documents case when she first had both parties from the unrelated case and its potential jurors in her courtroom. Both the prosecutor and the federal defender agreed with each other and disagreed with Judge Cannon on two occasions. Perhaps courtroom deputies normally remind the judges interviewed by Reuters who may naturally want to defend a colleague, but a judge who is prepared for and experienced enough to handle this case shouldn't have to rely on courtroom deputies to remind them to swear in the prospective jurors.
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Cannon began jury selection on June 12 in the trial of Spearman, who was charged with conspiring to advertise and distribute images of child sexual abuse and with engaging in a child exploitation enterprise. That day, the court transcript showed, Cannon failed to swear in the jury pool.6 hours ago
Cannon later offered to let in Spearman's family after the judge realized she also had failed to swear in the jury pool. She said there would be room in the courtroom after certain jurors who both sides in the case agreed should be dismissed had left.
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Exclusive-Trump documents case judge made multiple errors in earlier trial
By Sarah N. Lynch, Jacqueline Thomsen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The judge in former U.S. President Donald Trump’s upcoming trial over his handling of classified documents made two key errors in a June trial, one of which violated a fundamental constitutional right of the defendant and could have invalidated the proceedings, according to legal experts and a court transcript.
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Again, this obviously was a completely unrelated case, but it raises real questions about whether Judge Cannon is qualified and experienced enough to handle a case that involves complex issues as a case that treats the illegal retention of classified national defense documents by a former president and is also one of the most important cases in the history of the country.
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