Aileen Cannon encouraged Routh to represent himself at trial.

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False. At a July 24, 2025 hearing, Judge Aileen Cannon signed Routh’s waiver but explicitly warned that self-representation was “a bad idea” and insisted that federal public defenders remain on standby to prevent delays. Two weeks earlier, on July 10, 2025, she questioned Routh at length—asking, “Do you understand that self-representation is almost always a bad idea?”—before agreeing to issue a written order on his request. During closing-argument instructions on September 23, 2025, she reminded Routh that he could represent himself only because of his constitutional right, not out of judicial encouragement, and cautioned him to stick to the evidence.

Aileen Cannon encouraged Routh to represent himself at trial.

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