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Trump secret-documents judge was briefly a Miami journalist. She wrote about tomatoes, yoga
Trump secret-documents judge was briefly a Miami journalist. She wrote about tomatoes, yoga
Ana Claudia Chacin
Before she became a federal judge — not just any judge, but the Donald Trump-appointed judge who slammed the brakes on the high-profile investigation into the former president’s stash of secret documents at Mar-a-Lago — Aileen Mercedes Cannon was for the blink of an eye a working journalist.
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The el Nuevo Herald articles would have long been forgotten except they ended up on the judicial application submitted by Cannon, an application that is now getting close scrutiny as critics question her decision to support Trump’s request for the appointment of a “special master” to review all of the documents seized by the FBI when it executed its search warrant at his Florida home. The judge’s order halted the government’s investigation into those sensitive records.
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Nominated by Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, Cannon was confirmed in the period after Trump lost the election as efforts were made to confirm as many judges as possible before the new administration took charge. The application Cannon filled out asks the following question: “List the titles, publishers and dates of books, articles, reports, letters to the editor, editorial pieces, or other published material you have written or edited, including material published on the Internet.”
Cannon listed 20 items. Three are scholarly in nature, and 17 are short news items in el Nuevo Herald from summer 2002. None had anything to do with the law or the inside of a courtroom. Headlines included:
▪ “Tomatoes may help reduce tumors”
▪ “The Atoms Family: An Exhibition about Energy”
▪ “Winners in the Library Quest Competition”
▪ “Prenatal Yoga: A Healthy Alternative for Delivery”
Ana Claudia Chacin
Before she became a federal judge — not just any judge, but the Donald Trump-appointed judge who slammed the brakes on the high-profile investigation into the former president’s stash of secret documents at Mar-a-Lago — Aileen Mercedes Cannon was for the blink of an eye a working journalist.
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The el Nuevo Herald articles would have long been forgotten except they ended up on the judicial application submitted by Cannon, an application that is now getting close scrutiny as critics question her decision to support Trump’s request for the appointment of a “special master” to review all of the documents seized by the FBI when it executed its search warrant at his Florida home. The judge’s order halted the government’s investigation into those sensitive records.
- snip
Nominated by Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, Cannon was confirmed in the period after Trump lost the election as efforts were made to confirm as many judges as possible before the new administration took charge. The application Cannon filled out asks the following question: “List the titles, publishers and dates of books, articles, reports, letters to the editor, editorial pieces, or other published material you have written or edited, including material published on the Internet.”
Cannon listed 20 items. Three are scholarly in nature, and 17 are short news items in el Nuevo Herald from summer 2002. None had anything to do with the law or the inside of a courtroom. Headlines included:
▪ “Tomatoes may help reduce tumors”
▪ “The Atoms Family: An Exhibition about Energy”
▪ “Winners in the Library Quest Competition”
▪ “Prenatal Yoga: A Healthy Alternative for Delivery”
Full article: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article265562116.html
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