The Latest Breaking News from Aileen Cannon

The January 6 hearing may be postponed, but Trump is still flailing, and has even sidelined his top lawyer

NEW YORK — The special master in the Mar-a-Lago documents case still plans to preside over the November trial of a man who threatened to kill former President Donald Trump — another signal that the veteran jurist will make quick work of his role in the classified papers probe.

"This is really a test for Donald Trump," former prosecutor says, because his lawyers can't lie in court

The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday evening reversed U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon’s refusal to grant the Justice Department a stay in the case of the Mar-a-Lago documents (Cannon’s second outrageous piece of work related to the purloined White House records). The appeals court decision had…

Ex-president has claimed without evidence that FBI might have planted documents during search of Mar-a-Lago last month.

WASHINGTON — The special master picked to review more than 11,000 records removed by the FBI from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate last month has set out his plan of action, with a tight schedule and the intention of wrapping up the record review in late October.

Even if Trump did declassify those records, the 11th Circuit says, he "has not identified any reason that he is entitled to them."

"That was the most polite way the appellate court could smack down Judge Cannon," national security attorney says

A federal appeals court has permitted the Justice Department to resume its use of classified records seized from Donald Trump's Florida estate as part of its ongoing criminal investigation.