Cannon has been central to Trump’s legal wranglings.She dismissed the classified documents case against Trumpin July, concluding that the special counsel overseeing it had been illegally appointed by the Justice Department. The ruling is under appeal. ...
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has been on the federal bench for less than four years, and yet is likely already in the midst of the most consequential case of her legal career. Yet Cannon consistently hasshown little urgencyto match the import of special counsel Jack Smith’s classified...