Judge Aileen Cannon is facing growing accusations of bias from the same legal experts who cheered Judge Juan Merchan, whose rulings consistently favored the Democratic prosecutors who secured former President Donald Trump’s conviction in the hush money case.

Cannon’s decision to allow hearings on a number of challenges from Trump’s defense team in the classified documents case against him, rather than reject those challenges outright, has enraged many legal commentators. They accuse Cannon of giving Trump favorable treatment, sometimes by citing the fact that the former president appointed her to her position.