Would-be Trump assassin wants Judge Cannon to recuse herself for dismissing document case

Ryan Routh, the antheral accused of attempting to assassinate erstwhile President Donald Trump astatine his Florida play people past month, wants the Trump-appointed justice handling his lawsuit disconnected it. 

In a Thursday tribunal filing, Routh's attorneys requested that U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon recuse herself from his lawsuit due to the fact that she dismissed Trump's classified documents case.

"Mr. Trump is presently the Republican campaigner for President successful adjacent month's election. On the run trail, helium has repeatedly praised Your Honor for her rulings successful this case," the question states. "As the alleged unfortunate here, helium has important involvement successful the result of this lawsuit too. Were helium to go President successful the future, helium would person authorization to nominate Your Honor to a national judgeship connected a higher tribunal were a vacancy to arise."

Routh argues that the "unprecedented facts and circumstances" of Cannon's assignment and her handling of peculiar counsel Jack Smith's lawsuit against Trump could "create an quality of partiality successful the caput of the public." 

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Federal Judge Aileen Cannon. (US Courts )

Smith had charged Trump with 40 counts of unlawfully retaining classified White House documents aft leaving bureau and obstructing the government's attempts to reclaim them. 

However, Cannon dismissed the documents lawsuit successful July aft uncovering that Smith had been improperly appointed arsenic peculiar counsel. Smith is appealing her decision.

Routh's attorneys mention national recusal instrumentality successful their question and authorities the "remarkable coincidence" of Cannon being assigned to some cases mightiness animate conspiracy theories astir the court.

"Given these precise debased odds, the nationalist whitethorn fishy that Mr. Trump’s cases person someway been deliberately steered to this Court. That cognition would irreparably harm the integrity of this Court arsenic an institution, not to notation the judicial process," the attorneys wrote. 

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Ryan Routh is accused of aiming an AK-47 astatine erstwhile President Donald Trump portion helium was golfing astatine his people successful West Palm Beach, Florida, connected Sunday. It is being investigated arsenic a 2nd assassination effort connected Trump. (Obtained by Fox News Digital)

"To beryllium clear, determination is nary grounds that this lawsuit (or immoderate other) was assigned successful a non-random manner. But conspiracy theories person been based connected less. Recusal would frankincense person the added payment of preventing the nationalist from harboring specified a unsafe perception."

The filing indicates that prosecutors are taking the defence question nether advisement.

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A missive allegedly written by erstwhile President Donald Trump assassination fishy Ryan Routh was revealed successful a Department of Justice detention memo connected Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (Martin County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS | Department of Justice)

Routh allegedly stalked Trump's Mar-a-Lago spot and the erstwhile president’s play people successful West Palm Beach for weeks and whitethorn person been readying a getaway to Mexico, a justice and national prosecutors person revealed. 

Routh allegedly waited astir 12 hours extracurricular Trump International Golf Club with a firearm portion Trump was golfing connected Sept. 15. A Secret Service cause saw Routh pointing a firearm done a obstruction and fired astatine him. Routh fled and was arrested that day.

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He has pleaded not blameworthy to 5 counts, including the attempted assassination of a statesmanlike campaigner and battle connected a national officer. 

Routh had been antecedently charged federally with possessing a weapon with a scratched-out fig and with possessing a weapon illegally arsenic a felon. He was ordered by a national justice past period to stay successful custody.

Fox News Digital's Mollie Markowitz and Fox News' Jake Gibson contributed to this report.