Florida District Court Judge Aileen Cannon failed to disclose her attendance at several right-wing judicial seminars — including one that took place after she began overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case, which she ultimately threw out — in apparent violation of federal court rules. According to a Tuesday …
Read More »Judge Cannon's Decision Is a Glimpse of a Terrifying MAGA Future
Sandwiched in between an assassination attempt and a VP pick, District Judge Aileen Cannon issued one of the worst, most nakedly political judicial decisions in decades, dismissing the classified documents case against Donald Trump in a flat rejection of decades of precedent. Cannon’s decision is a sneak preview of what’s …
Read More »Judge Tosses Trump's Classified Docs Case
Judge Aileen Cannon has dismissed the classified documents case against former Donald Trump, ruling that the appointment of Special Counsel Jack Smith — who has been overseeing the Justice Department’s two cases against the former president — was unconstitutional. In a Monday decision, Cannon sided with Trump’s attorneys that the …
Read More »Senior Judges Advised Aileen Cannon to Pass on Trump Docs Case: Report
Florida District Court Judge Aileen Cannon’s handling of Donald Trump’s classified documents case — and her perceived favoritism towards the former president — has been under a wave of national scrutiny for some time now. According to a report from The New York Times, the growing ethical questions could have …
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