Months after her Trump indignity, U.S. Judge Aileen Cannon catches another political hot potato

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Fort Pierce U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon, right, and the late Miami U.S. District Court Judge Marcia Cooke.

By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org

Many shed a tear when Miami federal judge Marcia Cooke died after a bout with cancer on Jan. 27. Not only was she the first black woman to become a judge in the Southern District of Florida, Cooke was also widely respected for her evenhandedness in court.

Yet for at least one beleaguered defendant, former Republican Congressman David Rivera, Cooke’s departure from the bench – and the reassignment of his case to her controversial colleague, Judge Aileen Cannon – presents an opportunity.

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