Cannon
Ed.
note:
Welcome
to
our
daily
feature,
Quote
of
the
Day.
I’m
sure
she’ll
take
it
under
consideration
and
look
at
it
seriously.
…
Trump
hasn’t
made
a
secret
about
the
retribution
that
he
is
asking
some
of
his
U.S.
attorneys
to
take
against
his
perceived
enemies.
It
is
an
extraordinary
request,
but
maybe
this
is
an
extraordinary
situation.
—
Professor
Carl
Tobias
of
the
University
of
Richmond
School
of
Law,
in
comments
given
to
Law.com,
concerning
a
request
made
by
ex-CIA
Director
John
Brennan’s
lawyers
to
Chief
District
Judge
Cecilia
Altonaga
of
the
Southern
District
of
Florida,
to
block
Judge
Aileen
Cannon
from
hearing
the
case.
The
letter
submitted
by
Brennan’s
lawyers
to
Altonaga
reads,
in
relevant
part:
“The
United
States
attorney’s
efforts
to
funnel
this
investigation
to
the
judge
who
issued
this
string
of
rulings
that
consistently
favored
President
Trump’s
positions
in
previous
litigations
should
be
seen
for
what
it
is.”
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