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Jun 12, 2023 · Who is Aileen Cannon, the Colombian-born judge raised in Miami that will oversee Trump's documents case? The Florida District judge was appointed by then President Donald Trump in 2020 and has ...
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Jul 15, 2024 · Judge Aileen Cannon ruled that the entire case should be thrown out because the appointment of the special counsel who brought the case, Jack Smith, had violated the Constitution. Mr. Smith’s ...
Jun 17, 2023 · Not for Aileen Cannon. When the federal judge who will oversee former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial testified in 2020, the Senate Judiciary Committee didn’t go easy on her so much as ...
Jun 9, 2023 · In this July 29, 2020, file photo, Aileen Cannon affirms her oath as she testifies remotely before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary in Washington, D.C., on her nomination to be US District ...
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Jun 9, 2023 · U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon made waves Monday by dismissing former President Trump's classified documents case. Why it matters: Cannon, who was nominated to the federal bench by Trump in 2020, handed him a major legal victory on the opening day of the Republican National Convention.
Jul 16, 2024 · But for now at least, the dismissal by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon brings a stunning and abrupt halt to a criminal case that at the time it was filed was widely regarded as the most perilous of all the legal threats the Republican former president confronted.
Jun 9, 2023 · The historic federal criminal case against former President Donald Trump has been assigned to a judge he appointed who faced blistering criticism over her earlier pro-Trump handling of a search warrant in his case. A person familiar with the development confirmed Friday the case was assigned to Judge Aileen Cannon, who issued a ruling last year granting Trump's request for an independent ...
