According to legal analyst Glenn Kirschner on Friday, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is "about to do Donald Trump another solid" by potentially helping the president-elect stop the release of details about his mishandled classified documents case to Congress.
Florida Federal Judge Aileen Cannon sets hearing in Trump classified documents case
Judge Cannon skeptical of Garland’s plan to show Smith report on classified docs case to lawmakers
The Florida-based judge did not immediately rule on whether the Justice Department can move forward with its plan to show the report to a handful of lawmakers.
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Judge Cannon to decide whether Congress sees Jack Smith's Trump classified documents report
Judge Aileen Cannon has devoted the past few weeks to striving to ensure that special counsel Jack Smith’s two-volume report on Donald Trump’s criminal activities would not see the light of day. Despite Cannon’s best efforts,
Legal analyst Joyce Vance questioned why Judge Cannon continues to issue orders when the case has been dismissed.
Judge Aileen Cannon for the Southern District of Florida stepped back on Monday from an earlier ruling that purported
The judge denied a request to block the release of Smith's report on Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has issued some wildly indefensible decisions in favor of Donald Trump, the president who appointed her. She singlehande
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'Interference': Aileen Cannon accused of trying to hinder Senate's probe of Cabinet picksJudge Aileen Cannon has triggered outrage among legal experts for purporting to block the release of special counsel Jack Smith's reports on the criminal cases against President-elect Donald Trump, given that she likely surrendered jurisdiction of the classified documents case when she dismissed it and the appeal went to the 11th Circuit.
Judge Aileen Cannon gave Attorney General Merrick Garland the green light on Monday to release special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on his 2020 election subversion case against President-elect Donald Trump.
"It's not clear to folks like me ... whether she has that jurisdiction," MSNBC legal correspondent Lisa Rubin said Tuesday.
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Judge Aileen Cannon Caves to Merrick Garland on Jack Smith ReportCannon’s ruling stated that Garland, the Department of Justice, Smith, and “all of their officers, agents, and employees, and all persons acting in active concert or participation with such individuals” could not publish any part of the report until three days after the Eleventh Circuit ruled on the case.
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Epic failure: How Merrick Garland may have just destroyed American democracy | OpinionIt’s hard to say who is the worst attorney general in American history. The candidates are many and comprise a veritable rogue’s gallery of sadists, reactionaries and incompetents. They range from A.
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