A federal judge on June 22 denied Cole Allen’s request to disqualify acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro from his case.
Allen’s attorneys had argued that Blanche and Pirro’s presence at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner the night he allegedly tried to assassinate the president and other officials was a conflict of interest.
That technically made them witnesses, and “victims” of the alleged crime, the lawyers argued.
Allen’s lawyers also said Pirro’s close friendship with President Donald Trump meant she could not properly try the case.
They asked Judge Trevor McFadden to disqualify Pirro, Blanche, and the entire U.S. Attorney’s office for the District of Columbia….