A few months ago, a top prosecutor on former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case stood up in court and told Judge Aileen Cannon that he was concerned about the pace of the proceeding, gingerly expressing his desire to keep the matter “moving along.”
Almost instantly, Cannon got defensive.
“I can assure you that in the background there is a great deal of judicial work going on,” she snapped. “So while it may not appear on the surface that anything is happening, there is a ton of work being done.”
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In some sense, Cannon had a point. Much of what judges do unfolds out of sight in the sanctity of their chambers.
But at seven public hearings over more than 10…
