Prosecutors on Tuesday filed the charge of attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate against Ryan Wesley Routh, the man they say camped outside of Donald Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course for hours on end, armed with a rifle that he pointed through a chain-link fence with a clear shot to the next hole where the former president was headed on September 15.
Can you preside over a case when the target of the crime is a defendant in your court on another case?
And when that person appointed her in the first place?
Ethically and impartially, no. But it’s going to happen anyway.
It’s Florida and a Trump-appointed judge, so yes.