According to ABC News, Trump's summon to appear at a Miami federal court Tuesday "indicates that U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon will be assigned to oversee his case, at least initially, according to sources briefed on the matter."
With breathtaking understatement, ABC notes that the Trump-appointed judge's "apparent assignment would add yet another unprecedented wrinkle to a case involving the first federal charges against a former president."
A "wrinkle" is a charitable way of saying a truckload of dynamite, detonated by the federal court system's most explosively corrupt, dimwitted judge in the history of American law, save for Chief Justice of the Supremes, Roger Taney.
Earlier, Cannon appointed a needless "special master" to review the classified documents seized from Trump's illegal possession. Then she prevented the FBI from examining the seized documents, just as it was trying to determine whether Trump had committed a crime. (He had.)
Cannon's court orders — one of which was thrown out by an appellate court — were characterized by legal experts as "a series of head-scratching victories" for Trump. But they weren't really head-scratchers. Ms. Cannon was in the tank for Donald, and there she bruised her knees.
Another ABC News understatement: "[Her] assignment would put her at the center of one of what is likely to be one of the most consequential and scrutinized criminal cases in American history." I'm still trying to just process this news of what undoubtedly would be the most consequential and scrutinized judge in American history.
This too is baffling, at least to a layman, me. "In addition to Cannon, Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart's name also appeared on the summons sent to Trump on Thursday, the sources said." Two judges for one case? Is this an elimination contest? Are they first to fight to the death to see who wears the ultimate robe? Or does Trump get to choose. As he did before.