Trump appointee Aileen Cannon had dismissed the classified documents case against the now-president and two co-defendants. The DOJ under special counsel Jack Smith had appealed.

Judge Aileen Cannon suggested Friday she was not inclined to allow the ... Cannon asked Justice Department attorney Elizabeth Shapiro at a hearing in her Ft. Pierce, Florida, courtroom. Attorney General Merrick Garland earlier this week released the ...

Judge Aileen M. Cannon’s ruled that special counsel Jack Smith was unlawfully appointed and had no authority to prosecute Donald Trump.

And now friends, based on the reporting coming out of that Florida courtroom this afternoon, my concerns, my fears about Aileen Cannon helping Donald Trump bury Volume 2...seemed to have come to fruition." Multiple outlets reported that Cannon seemed ...

U.S. District judge Aileen Cannon has denied a request by the Department of Justice to share former special counsel Jack Smith's classified documents report with Congress. The DOJ under outgoing president Joe Biden had requested that the second volume of Smith's report be shared with lawmakers,

Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday blocked the release of former special counsel Jack Smith’s report into President Donald Trump’s now-defunct classified documents case, raising the odds it will ever see the light of day.

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon indicated in a recent hearing that she wasn't planning on allowing even just a handful of congressional leaders to view the second volume of Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith's final report.

In a new ruling released Tuesday, Cannon granted a request from Trump's co-defendants, his aides Walt Nauta and Carlos de Oliveira, to deny the Department of Justice 's request to release the report. The move blocks the report from being shared with the heads of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees.

The Florida-based judge did not immediately rule on whether the Justice Department can move forward with its plan to show the report to a handful of lawmakers.

Aileen Cannon, the federal judge appointed by President-elect Donald Trump, appears ready to again side with the MAGA leader, reportedly signaling Friday that she'll keep special counsel Jack Smith's report into his confidential documents case secret.

Judge Aileen Cannon suggested Friday she was not inclined ... attorney Elizabeth Shapiro at a hearing in her Ft. Pierce, Florida, courtroom. Attorney General Merrick Garland earlier this week ...

"Release of Volume II to Congress under the proposed conditions … presents a substantial and unacceptable risk of prejudice to [the remaining co-defendants]," U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon wrote in her order blocking the release of former Special Counsel Jack Smith's final report explaining the now-abandoned classified records retention case against President Donald Trump.