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New Report Reveals Link Between Judge Aileen Cannon and Leonard Leo

Cannon was once reimbursed for a trip to Montana to attend a conference held by a school with deep conservative ties.

By Sharon Zhang , TRUTHOUT
PublishedAugust 11, 2023

A new report reveals that U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, the Donald Trump-appointed Florida judge presiding over the case regarding Trump’s improper storage of classified documents, once received a luxury trip from a school backed by Leonard Leo, the conservative kingmaker of the judiciary branch.

According to financial documents reviewed by Accountable.US and reported by The Guardian, Cannon was once reimbursed for a six-day trip to a luxury lodge in Montana by George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School — a school that was named after the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia after he died in 2016 due to a $30 million donation organized by Leo. The purpose of the trip was for Cannon to attend the “Sage Lodge Colloquium,” a seminar held at the Sage Lodge resort and spa in 2021.

Unlike in recent scandals involving Justice Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, Cannon reported the gift on her 2021 financial disclosure form. But it’s unclear why the trip was reimbursed to begin with — though it’s relatively common for judges to have trips for speaking engagements paid for, Cannon isn’t listed as a speaker or teacher in the agenda for the gathering.

There isn’t evidence that Leo funded the trip directly, and there doesn’t seem to be anything unlawful about the exchange. But the trip, and the school’s connection to Leo, is a show of Leo’s influence over the judiciary and connections with a vast network of conservative judges across the country.

The colloquium included multiple conservative seminars. One session, on “Woke Law,” was taught by an Antonin Scalia Law School professor and Cato Institute senior fellow. The reading assignments for the course included a book entitled Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything About Race, Gender, and Identity – And Why This Harms Everybody, which was co-written by far right conspiracy theorist James Lindsay.

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