Former President Donald Trump is reportedly considering Judge Eileen Cannon for attorney general, ABC News reportedwould put someone at the helm of the Justice Department who has publicly taken steps to ensure President Trump faced no consequences for his misconduct.
Cannon is a federal judge appointed by President Trump. intentionally obstructed Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Classified Documents Case Against Trump. Improperly stored confidential documents He recovered documents from his time in the White House and later committed obstruction of justice when the federal government tried to recover the documents. In July, she issued an unreasonable ruling that Mr. Smith’s appointment as special prosecutor was not legal. fired case.
Following that Number of other judgments Cannon delayed the lawsuit to avoid filing it before the election, which could have hurt Trump’s re-election chances.
Experts say the classified documents case has been thoroughly resolved, and President Trump has said: faced the greatest risk of conviction He is in the midst of a slew of indictments, both state and federal.
Kanon’s actions were so terrible that Lawyers and good government organizations He said she should be removed from the case completely.
“At every opportunity, Judge Cannon has shown clear bias in favor of Donald Trump,” said Noah Bookbinder, president of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. said. In September, his group filed a court brief asking for her to be removed from the case. “Every step of the way, she made this case more difficult than the law requires, and then dismissed the case for almost unprecedented reasons, handing Trump a huge victory. The courts overturned her decision. We must ensure that cases are reassigned so that cases can proceed fairly and expeditiously and restore credibility to the federal court system.”
It would be scary if Mr. Cannon became head of the Department of Justice. She has proven willing to ignore legal precedent to protect Trump, and could help get him removed from office. Other federal charges President Trump is facing efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Additionally, President Trump’s former chief of staff John Kelly announced on Tuesday: warn Trump is a fascist and will rule like a dictator if elected to a second term. And it’s unlikely that Mr. Cannon will stop acting on President Trump’s worst impulses. threat He will prosecute his detractors and use military force against the American people.
Even conservatives are appalled by the fact that Cannon is even being considered.
“If this is true, and it’s not just members of the Trump campaign who are working as freelancers, then this is a very clear attempt to buy Eileen Cannon for a Cabinet nomination,” Republican consultant Liz Mair said. It looks like an attempt.” I wrote In the post of X.
“This is no good. Even the attitude of bribing judges by appointment is corrupting.” right-leaning Washington Post columnist Megan McArdle I wrote At X.
ABC News According to reports, Cannon’s name appears in a document titled “Transition Plan: Legal Personnel” that lists names of people to consider for roles in the Justice Department, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the White House Counsel’s Office. It is said that he did.
Separate from Cannon, President Trump is said to be considering several questionable options for attorney general. One is Jeffrey Clark, a former Trump Justice Department official. was indicted He was honored in Georgia for his role in helping President Trump seize the election in 2020. There’s also attorney Mike Davis. promised ‘Three weeks of terror’ and ‘raining hell on Washington, D.C.’ Davis also accused President Joe Biden of indicting ‘many people’ at Guantanamo Bay and, if elected, He said he would cooperate with the amnesty of the rebel participants on April 6th. A.G.
Lord, help us all.
