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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Meg Kinnard,Curt Anderson and Eric Tucker

Trump case assigned to judge who faced criticism over her ruling in his favor in Mar-a-Lago search

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The historic federal criminal case against former President Donald Trump has been assigned to a judge he appointed who faced blistering criticism over her decision to grant his request for an independent arbiter to review documents obtained during an FBI search of his Florida estate.

A person familiar with the development confirmed Friday that the case was assigned to Judge Aileen Cannon, a former federal prosecutor who was nominated to the bench by Trump in 2020 and sits in Fort Pierce, about an hour's drive north of Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence.

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