MIAMI (AP) – The federal case against Trump has been initially assigned to a judge he appointed who faced criticism over her decision to grant the former president’s request for an independent arbiter to review documents obtained during an FBI search of his Florida estate.
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A person familiar with the matter says the case has been assigned to Judge Aileen Cannon, a former federal prosecutor who was nominated to the bench by Trump in 2020 and sits in Fort Pierce.
The move seems a rare bit of good news for Trump, at least given rulings last year that Cannon issued in his favor and in opposition to the Justice Department.
Cannon’s profile was thrust into the spotlight when she issued what many legal experts saw as an extraordinary decision to approve a so-called special master to review the documents seized by the FBI.
Some experts said the judge gave undue deference to the former president and put a hold on some Justice Department investigative work unnecessarily.
As part of that case, Cannon temporarily barred federal agents and prosecutors from reviewing a batch of classified documents seized during the search.
Her order was ultimately thrown out by a federal appeals court, which found she overstepped. The federal appeals court ended the independent review of documents.
A Trump-appointed, Trump-partial judge, in a red state, with a conservative leaning jury. And we all know he is perfect and has never done anything wrong ever, so I wonder who he’ll blame if he is found guilty.
You can see how the AP drips form fcat twisting and telling stories.