Trump's Jan. 6 Lawsuit Lands Before One of His Judicial Nominees -- Once Again

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Source: Bloomberg

(Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump’s new lawsuit against the Jan. 6 House committee was assigned to one of his judicial nominees in Florida, the latest case to highlight the former president’s influence over the courts.

US District Judge Rodolfo “Rudy” Ruiz II, who sits in the Fort Lauderdale division of the south Florida district court, will preside over the case, according to a public notice Monday.

Trump’s impact on the makeup of the Florida courts was underscored when he sued to stop the Justice Department from using thousands of documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago resort in an investigation into whether sensitive government information was mishandled and possible obstruction. That case was assigned to another Trump nominee, US District Judge Aileen Cannon, who faced accusations of bias when she granted Trump’s request for an outside special master to review the documents and temporarily stopped investigators from using them.

Ruiz’s nomination was not controversial. He was confirmed in May 2019 by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 90-8. He previously served on county and state courts in Florida, each time by appointment of then-Governor Rick Scott, a Republican who now serves in the US Senate. Ruiz had a few of the same hallmarks of other Trump judges, including membership in Federalist Society, the powerful conservative legal group, and a clerkship for a Republican-appointed judge.

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[niyad]

1. Stroke out already, you F'n, murdering, orange TRAITOR**.

[emulatorloo]

2. Maybe this will be another honest one. Plenty of Trump appointees ruled against his bogus

fact free Big Lie lawsuits.

I think the Judge Cannon suck-up types are in the minority.

[H2O Man]

5. +1

[Evolve Dammit]

3. Playing the system as Roy Cohn taught him. And now surrounded by a cadre of sleazy lawyers. And

a number of Supremes. No indictments, no accountability. None. No responsibility for anything. Mid-term losses were due to RINOs. Life is looking pretty fucking good to the Slobfather.

[republianmushroom]

4. Just a little judge shopping.

[ificandream]

6. Why are these judges even allowed to do anything on these cases?

This is clearly a conflict of interest and impartiality. Ruiz shouldn't have been assigned to this case on the basis that Trump appointed him.

[BOSSHOG]

7. Michael Corleone told his lawyer

After his father Vito had died, I don’t have all the politicians I need, but I do have all the judges I need.

Fiction equal to facts when your dealing with crime family leaders

[FakeNoose]

8. The judge should recuse himself, am I right?

Why does Chump get to shop around for his own judges?

[emulatorloo]

9. Plenty of Trump appointees have ruled against him. Many times on his bogus 'stolen election' cases.

Judge Cannon is the exception, not the rule.

A Trump judge on the 11th circuit ruled against her in favor of the DOJ, and will most likely rule against her again in a motion the DOJ recently filed against her.

Even the Supreme Court has ruled against Trump multiple times.