This Is Judge Aileen Cannon’s Reward for Throwing Trump’s Case
Donald Trump may be teeing up to reward Judge Aileen Cannon for tossing out his classified documents case with a new gig as attorney general. Cannon dismissed the 42 felony charges against the former president in July, ruling that special counsel Jack Smith’s appointment to the case was unconstitutional. Her unprecedented finding has been criticized by legal scholars, and Smith has appealed Cannon’s decision. Now it appears that she’s being considered for a top spot in a potential second Trump administration. Her name appeared on a list obtained by ABC News, titled, “Transition Planning: Legal Principals.” The document was drafted by some of the Trump campaign’s senior advisers, including Boris Epshteyn, the Trump team’s top lawyer. Epshteyn was accused of assisting Rudy Giuliani’s fake electors scheme in Arizona and obstructing the certification of the 2020 election result. He pleaded not guilty, but the case is still ongoing. The transition document included nearly a dozen potential candidates for attorney general, and Cannon’s name appeared second after Trump-appointed Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton, according to ABC. Clayton was Trump’s pick to become the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York in 2020. Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance has previously said that the attorney general would be the second-most important person in the Trump administration. “We really want the American people to believe we have a fair and equitable administration of justice, if not the entire sort of system falls apart,” Vance said earlier this month. While Vance dismissed Trump’s statements promising to prosecute his political enemies, that seems to be part of the plan. Far-right pro-Trump activists like Tim Pool and Laura Loomer have been hoping Trump will install a staunch MAGA loyalist as attorney general, so that the Trump administration can carry out the former president’s revenge fantasy to see his supposedly treasonous political opponents tried by the U.S. government and imprisoned. Loomer even wants them put to death. If Cannon’s actions to defend Trump and delay his classified documents trial are anything to go by, she could be exactly the loyalist Trump is searching for.
Donald Trump may be teeing up to reward Judge Aileen Cannon for tossing out his classified documents case with a new gig as attorney general.
Cannon dismissed the 42 felony charges against the former president in July, ruling that special counsel Jack Smith’s appointment to the case was unconstitutional. Her unprecedented finding has been criticized by legal scholars, and Smith has appealed Cannon’s decision.
Now it appears that she’s being considered for a top spot in a potential second Trump administration. Her name appeared on a list obtained by ABC News, titled, “Transition Planning: Legal Principals.”
The document was drafted by some of the Trump campaign’s senior advisers, including Boris Epshteyn, the Trump team’s top lawyer. Epshteyn was accused of assisting Rudy Giuliani’s fake electors scheme in Arizona and obstructing the certification of the 2020 election result. He pleaded not guilty, but the case is still ongoing.
The transition document included nearly a dozen potential candidates for attorney general, and Cannon’s name appeared second after Trump-appointed Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton, according to ABC. Clayton was Trump’s pick to become the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York in 2020.
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance has previously said that the attorney general would be the second-most important person in the Trump administration.
“We really want the American people to believe we have a fair and equitable administration of justice, if not the entire sort of system falls apart,” Vance said earlier this month. While Vance dismissed Trump’s statements promising to prosecute his political enemies, that seems to be part of the plan.
Far-right pro-Trump activists like Tim Pool and Laura Loomer have been hoping Trump will install a staunch MAGA loyalist as attorney general, so that the Trump administration can carry out the former president’s revenge fantasy to see his supposedly treasonous political opponents tried by the U.S. government and imprisoned. Loomer even wants them put to death.
If Cannon’s actions to defend Trump and delay his classified documents trial are anything to go by, she could be exactly the loyalist Trump is searching for.
