Aileen Cannon

U.S. District Judge, Southern District of Florida (Trump appointee, confirmed Nov. 12, 2020 — five days after the 2020 election was called for Biden)

In the News

Feb 25, 2026

Kash Patel fires a dozen FBI agents who investigated Trump

Feb 23, 2026

Cannon permanently seals Jack Smith's Mar-a-Lago report, citing unlawful appointment

Feb 21, 2026

Jack Smith classified documents report remains sealed from public view as of February 2026

Jan 22, 2026

Jack Smith tells Congress Trump 'broke the law' in first public testimony defending prosecutions

Sep 8, 2025

Ryan Routh faces life sentence for Trump assassination attempt

Jan 21, 2025

Trump-appointed judge Aileen Cannon blocked the public from reading Smith's classified documents report

Nov 25, 2024

Supreme Court immunity ruling forces Jack Smith to drop Trump prosecutions

Jul 15, 2024

Cannon dismissed the Trump classified documents case using an Appointments Clause argument no court had accepted before

Jun 8, 2023

Jack Smith charges Trump with 37 felonies for keeping classified documents at Mar-a-Lago

Dec 1, 2022

Judge Cannon appointed special master to slow Mar-a-Lago probe, then 11th Circuit reversed her

Nov 18, 2022

Aileen Cannon

In the News

Kash Patel fires a dozen FBI agents who investigated Trump

Cannon permanently seals Jack Smith's Mar-a-Lago report, citing unlawful appointment

Jack Smith classified documents report remains sealed from public view as of February 2026

Jack Smith tells Congress Trump 'broke the law' in first public testimony defending prosecutions

Ryan Routh faces life sentence for Trump assassination attempt

Trump-appointed judge Aileen Cannon blocked the public from reading Smith's classified documents report

Supreme Court immunity ruling forces Jack Smith to drop Trump prosecutions

Cannon dismissed the Trump classified documents case using an Appointments Clause argument no court had accepted before

Jack Smith charges Trump with 37 felonies for keeping classified documents at Mar-a-Lago

Judge Cannon appointed special master to slow Mar-a-Lago probe, then 11th Circuit reversed her

How Attorney General Garland appointed Jack Smith and what independence that actually gave him

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Aileen Cannon

In the News

Kash Patel fires a dozen FBI agents who investigated Trump

Cannon permanently seals Jack Smith's Mar-a-Lago report, citing unlawful appointment

Jack Smith classified documents report remains sealed from public view as of February 2026

Jack Smith tells Congress Trump 'broke the law' in first public testimony defending prosecutions

Ryan Routh faces life sentence for Trump assassination attempt

Trump-appointed judge Aileen Cannon blocked the public from reading Smith's classified documents report

Supreme Court immunity ruling forces Jack Smith to drop Trump prosecutions

Cannon dismissed the Trump classified documents case using an Appointments Clause argument no court had accepted before

Jack Smith charges Trump with 37 felonies for keeping classified documents at Mar-a-Lago

Judge Cannon appointed special master to slow Mar-a-Lago probe, then 11th Circuit reversed her

How Attorney General Garland appointed Jack Smith and what independence that actually gave him