Judge Aileen Ball not extreme enough to be Donald Trump‘s attorney general, a lawyer said.

Cannon, a Trump appointee, has denied all charges against the former president in the classified documents case in Florida.

ABC News reported that Cannon was recently ranked second on Trump’s list of potential attorney general nominees, behind former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Jay Clayton.

Trump spoke highly of Cannon in his speeches, publicly thanking her for denying the charges against him.

Los Angeles-based attorney Ken White said Cannon is not as extremist as former Justice Department lawyer Jeffery Clark, who is on Trump’s list of potential attorney general candidates.

Clark was indicted in Georgia along with Trump and 17 others for alleged fraud in the 2020 presidential election. He and Trump have pleaded not guilty and said the charges were politically motivated.

Clark was also listed as one of the unindicted co-conspirators in the election fraud case filed against Trump in Washington, D.C.

news week The Trump campaign on Tuesday requested email comment from Clark and Cannon’s office.

talking about him Serious Problem White said it was valid to question Cannon’s impartiality, but he wasn’t sure Cannon “is the kind of overreach that Trump is looking for in an attorney general.”

He said: “The Project 2025 plan and what they’re saying is much more aggressive. Aileen Cannon is extreme, but is Jeffrey Clark extreme? I think that’s the type Trump is looking for, and I’m not sure if his handlers are that type either. Take Cannon as all of those things.”

Trump was He faces 40 federal charges In Cannon’s court Allegation of use of sensitive material After he left the White House in January 2021, his Mar-a-Lago mansion in Palm Beach, Florida, was seized. He was also accused of obstructing efforts by federal authorities to retrieve them.

Republican The presidential candidate has pleaded not guilty and said the case was part of a political witch hunt.

Cannon, who denied the accusations on July 15, noted that the appointment had no constitutional support. jack smithas a “private citizen” Ministry of Justice The prosecutor responsible for all federal indictments against Donald Trump.

Smith is currently appealing that decision to the 11th Circuit court of appeals.

The ball is also Overseeing Ryan Routh’s hearingThe man was accused of trying to shoot Donald Trump at a golf course in Florida in September.

Routh’s lawyers requested that Routh recuse himself from the case due to perceived favoritism towards Donald Trump.

Serious Problem Co-host Josh Barro asked White if defense attorneys thought it would be better to leave Cannon in place because he “seemed so green and error-prone rather than a more experienced judge” and could accept Routh’s argument that he was insane.

White said that theory was “deep in the weeds” and “a little too cute” for defense attorneys.

He said he didn’t think the defense team was “thinking outside the box” at that level and didn’t think a real defense attorney would go that far in his legal strategy.