.Jordan_S_Rubin: One of the latest dramatic developments in Trump’s documents case is an old character from the saga making a fresh appearance: Judge Aileen Cannon.
, one of the latest dramatic developments is an old character from the saga making a fresh appearance: Aileen Cannon.
If Cannon sounds familiar, it’s because she’s the Trump-appointed judge who effectively tried to help the former president gum up the works in the Justice Department’s initial investigation. NBC NewsCannon isn’t just any Trump appointee. Recall, she was reversedby the conservative 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, after she appointed a special master to review the documents seized pursuant to a search warrant last summer at Mar-a-Lago.
So, the Trump-appointed judge who stretched the law for Trump before he was charged — only to be smacked down by a conservative appeals court — could be back in play now that the former president has been charged. It’s unclear at the moment how the judicial assignment took place — Was it random? Was it because of her prior involvement? — or what happens next.
But would Cannon necessarily stay on the case? No. MSNBC legal analyst Joyce Vance, a former U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama ,We’ll see. But if Cannon stays on, she’ll have vast discretion over the day-to-day management of the case — including scheduling, which could be crucial against the backdrop of the ticking clock ahead of the 2024 election — as well as a host of critical evidentiary calls during the trial itself, if there is one.
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