The Florida judge who tossed out Donald Trump’s classified documents case is on a list of Attorney General nominees should the former president defeat Vice President Kamala Harris in November.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, 43, who was appointed to the bench at the Southern District of Florida by Trump in 2020, is on a list of potential candidates for the top spot in the Department of Justice (DOJ), ABC News, citing multiple sources familiar with the matter, reported Tuesday.
On July 15, Cannon dismissed the classified documents case against Trump, ruling Jack Smith’s appointment as special counsel overseeing the case was unconstitutional because he was not appointed by the president or confirmed by Congress. Trump was facing 40 federal charges related to his handling of presidential documents, some deemed classified, at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. He pled not guilty before the case was tossed.
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