Judge Cannon facing threat the 11th Circuit will 'politely recuse her': Ex-DOJ official

Appearing on MSNBC early Sunday morning, former Assistant United States Attorney Andrew Weissmann claimed U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida Judge Aileen Cannon is in danger of having the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ask her to recuse herself from overseeing Donald Trump's obstruction of justice trial.

Speaking with the hosts of MSNBC's "The Weekend," Weissmann criticized Cannon for possibly exposing witnesses in the trial to danger as she battles special counsel Jack Smith over evidence she is demanding Smith hand over.

"So now there is this issue, with respect to divulging the name of someone who is under investigation which could interfere with a criminal investigation," he told the hosts. "We don't know about the underlying facts of that so it is somewhat guesswork."

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"What I can tell, you as a — I have been in a prosecutor for many years — that does not get disclosed when you are doing an investigation," he continued. "To me, it is so reminiscent of the same problem she had during the investigation. So, if she continues this route, it will be interesting to see whether Jack Smith gets to the 11th circuit and whether they sort of politely recuse her, essentially, which happens when the circuit hears the case and basically says 'When we send this back, we think that the better course is for a different judge to hear it.'"

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