Judge in Trump classified documents case reportedly refused to step aside

Aileen Cannon was urged by senior jurists to recuse herself over perception of bias towards Trump, report says

Aileen Cannon, the Florida judge who has come under fire for her handling of classified document charges against Donald Trump, ignored the advice of more senior colleagues to decline the case and pass it to another jurist, it has been reported.

Two senior judges on the Florida bench urged Cannon to defer when it was randomly assigned to her last June, in part due to a perception that she was biased in Trump's favour because of her actions after the allegations against him of illegally retaining sensitive government documents first came to light.