'Anything but normal': Neal Katyal slams Judge Cannon's 'laughable' hearings
6 months, 2 weeks ago

'Anything but normal': Neal Katyal slams Judge Cannon's 'laughable' hearings

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U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is letting former President Donald Trump's classified documents trial get bogged down in debates and issues that no reasonable judge would have to devote this much time and energy to, former acting solicitor general Neal Katyal told MSNBC's Joy Reid on Monday evening. Because this hearing today and these hearings before Judge Cannon are anything but normal," said Katyal. "She's been entertaining days of arguments about whether the special counsel is unconstitutional," Katyal continued. There's no plausible interpretation of the regulations where the precedent and tradition that surrounds them that would justify the way Judge Cannon has entertained these arguments so far."

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The Supreme Court’s immunity decision is the gift that keeps giving to Donald Trump
5 months, 3 weeks ago

The Supreme Court’s immunity decision is the gift that keeps giving to Donald Trump

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Another day, another miraculous escape from serious jeopardy for Donald Trump. The Washington Post calls attention to the utterly idiosyncratic and arbitrary quality of Cannon’s Monday ruling by reminding us that other courts already have “rejected arguments similar to the one that Trump’s team made in Florida about the legality of Smith’s appointment.” But whether the decision is idiosyncratic and …

Legal experts hope latest Cannon ruling means a new Trump docs case with a new judge
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Legal experts hope latest Cannon ruling means a new Trump docs case with a new judge

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Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed Donald Trump's documents case on Monday morning ahead of the Republican convention, declaring that special counsel Jack Smith was not constitutionally appointed. Former senior Justice Department prosecutor Andrew Weissmann also made note of the Supreme Court connection and lamented that the Cannon decision was "so predictable, after the Justice Thomas concurrence." "Justice Thomas all but invited …

'Unlike any other judge': Cannon slammed by ex-prosecutor as 'unprofessional'
6 months, 2 weeks ago

'Unlike any other judge': Cannon slammed by ex-prosecutor as 'unprofessional'

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U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon's regular clashes with the prosecutors in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case are "unprofessional" and far beyond what a typical judge would let happen in their courtroom, former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani told Salon's Marina Villenueve. Normally attorneys do their utmost not to say anything to anger a judge, said Rahmani — but in this case, …

'Why are we here?' Judge Cannon buried for wasting everyone's time with needless hearing
6 months, 2 weeks ago

'Why are we here?' Judge Cannon buried for wasting everyone's time with needless hearing

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Appearing on MSNBC on Saturday morning, an exasperated former SDNY Criminal Division Deputy Chief Kristy Greenberg ripped into U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida Judge Aileen Cannon for holding a hearing on Friday to hear arguments about dismissing special counsel Jack Smith. With "Weekend" co-host Alicia Menedez prompting her by asking, "Kristy you described the meeting as …

Judge Cannon's latest hearing has 'echoes' of last time she was reversed on appeal: expert
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Judge Cannon's latest hearing has 'echoes' of last time she was reversed on appeal: expert

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U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is straying dangerously close to the old pro-Trump tactics that got her reprimanded by a higher court, former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner told MSNBC's Alicia Menendez on Friday evening. This comes as Cannon held the first part of a hearing on whether special counsel Jack Smith was illegally appointed to run the Mar-a-Lago classified documents …

Trump lawyer dodges as Aileen Cannon grills him over 'very ominous' claims: report
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump lawyer dodges as Aileen Cannon grills him over 'very ominous' claims: report

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District court Judge Aileen Cannon pressed Donald Trump's attorney to defend an extraordinary claim about special counsel Jack Smith during a hearing on his appointment to investigate the former president. Trump's legal team and some political allies are arguing that Smith, who has charged the ex-president in Florida and Washington, D.C., was not lawfully appointed as special counsel, saying his …

Judge Cannon says she's 'disappointed' in Special Counsel Jack Smith in new Trump filing
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Judge Cannon says she's 'disappointed' in Special Counsel Jack Smith in new Trump filing

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Judge Aileen Cannon, the jurist overseeing Donald Trump's criminal case over stashed documents in Florida, has some harsh words for the prosecutors in that case in a new filing Sunday. Cannon, who has been criticized for purportedly slow-playing the federal case over the former president's alleged hoarding and refusal to return confidential documents from the White House, has become known …

'It’s clear' Aileen Cannon 'is going in a ridiculous direction': retired judge
9 months ago

'It’s clear' Aileen Cannon 'is going in a ridiculous direction': retired judge

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Judge Aileen Cannon's rulings have baffled and confounded many legal experts over the last year, and at least one retired judge thinks it's time for special counsel Jack Smith to get her booted from the Mar-a-Lago documents case. “It’s clear that she is going in a ridiculous direction,” she said, referring in part to jury instructions floated by Cannon that …

Judge Cannon sets docs hearing that 'could signal she plans to hold trial before election'
10 months ago

Judge Cannon sets docs hearing that 'could signal she plans to hold trial before election'

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The judge overseeing the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case has scheduled a hearing to discuss the motions by former President Donald Trump and his body man Walt Nauta to dismiss the charges against them. Judge Aileen Cannon "has now scheduled a non-evidentiary hearing on 3/14 at 10 am for Trump’s Motion to Dismiss for unconstitutional vagueness and Nauta’s Motion to Dismiss …

'As bad as it can get': Legal expert says Trump special master case ended in 'humiliation for Judge Cannon'
2 years ago

'As bad as it can get': Legal expert says Trump special master case ended in 'humiliation for Judge Cannon'

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Following the orders handed down by a federal appellate court this Monday, U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon dismissed a lawsuit brought by Donald Trump to halt the FBI's investigation into classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. "The case, which only lasted a little over three months, was remarkable in the way it showed how this South Florida federal judge entertained the …

Judge Cannon 'has humiliated herself' as the Supreme Court refuses to step in: Morning Joe
2 years, 2 months ago

Judge Cannon 'has humiliated herself' as the Supreme Court refuses to step in: Morning Joe

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Reacting to the Supreme Court wanting nothing to do with Donald Trump's latest appeal while he is under investigation on multiple fronts, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said the rebuke not only was a shot back at the former president but also a major rebuke of Trump-appointed Judge Aileen Cannon. On Thursday they declined to take up Trump's full complaint about the …

Judge Cannon’s rulings are so bad they raise a question that is ‘impossible not to ask’: ex-prosecutor
2 years, 3 months ago

Judge Cannon’s rulings are so bad they raise a question that is ‘impossible not to ask’: ex-prosecutor

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Trump-appointed Judge Aileen Cannon once again received harsh criticism after another controversial ruling for the former president. Following the six-page ruling, The New York Timesheadlined, "Judge Overrules Special Master’s Demands to Trump in Document Review." "A federal judge on Thursday set aside a measure imposed by a special master asking former President Donald J. Trump to certify the accuracy of …

Experts slam Judge Cannon's latest pro-Trump ruling: ‘Hilarious, corrupt, shameless, and obvious’
2 years, 3 months ago

Experts slam Judge Cannon's latest pro-Trump ruling: ‘Hilarious, corrupt, shameless, and obvious’

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Trump-appointed Judge Aileen Cannon generated controversy again on Thursday after ruling for Donald Trump's lawyers on a case management plan for Special Master Raymond Dearie. IN OTHER NEWS: 'Still promoting that lie': Jamie Raskin says Ginni Thomas remains a true believer in Trump's election claims "Oy," wrote former Mueller prosecutor Andrew Weissmann. "Judge Cannon tinkers badly with Judge Dearie's scheduling …

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