The Latest Breaking News from Aileen Cannon

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2022

Trump lawyers and justice department to file list of special master candidates

Judge’s special master ruling bars prosecutors from reviewing seized records as part of criminal investigation

The Guardian - US · Sep 9, 2022

More classified documents may be missing in Trump probe, US prosecutors say

Justice Department calls for investigation into potential national security risk

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2022

New reporting about the Trump FBI raid suggests there really were nuclear secrets at Mar-a-Lago

And Trump is not handling the allegations well.

Mic · Sep 7, 2022

Colbert on Trump special master ruling: ‘This decision is bonkers’

Late-night hosts return to discuss the federal investigation into classified documents seized at Mar-a-Lago resort

The Guardian - US · Sep 7, 2022

Teflon Don: How Trump keeps getting away

There is a reason Trump calls every allegation against him a "hoax." It works

Salon · Sep 7, 2022

Editorial: Trump-appointed judge hands Trump an undeserved victory. No surprise there

A federal judge issued a ruling on Labor Day that is, unfortunately, no longer surprising even though it should be shocking to all but the most MAGA-blinded Americans. Judge Aileen Cannon, a Donald Trump appointee, ruled that executive privilege might apply in the case of the government-owned documents that the…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Sep 7, 2022

"Special master": A dreadful idea

Our justice system is already deeply unfair. Insisting on a higher bar for Trump's prosecution only makes it worse

Salon · Sep 7, 2022

Commentary: The special master order for Trump’s Mar-a-Lago documents is perverse and potentially disastrous

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s order requiring the appointment of a special master to sift through the property seized in the search of Mar-a-Lago has found few defenders. Its tendentious factual account and muddled legal reasoning are easy to denigrate.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 7, 2022

The Trump ‘special master’ ruling violates the principle that no-one is above the law

Judge Aileen Cannon’s opinion screams out that she applies more lenient rules to Donald Trump

The Guardian - US · Sep 7, 2022