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Wicked Blue

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Mon Jul 15, 2024, 11:21 AM Jul 2024

Did Judge Cannon just give Jack Smith a reason to have her replaced on Trump documents case? [View all]

By Matt Arco | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

Donald Trump scored a massive legal victory Monday after the judge in his classified documents criminal case dismissed it altogether.

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon granted the defense motion to dismiss the case on Monday.

Lawyers for Trump had argued that special counsel Jack Smith was illicitly appointed and that his office was improperly funded by the Justice Department.

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“This is insane & will not only be reversed by the 11th Circuit but may result in the ouster of Judge Cannon,” Norm Eisen, a legal analyst and senior fellow at Brookings Governance, posted to X with a link to a piece he helped pen, “Aileen Cannon’s Previous Rulings About Trump Demand Her Recusal.”

https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/07/did-judge-cannon-just-give-jack-smith-a-reason-to-have-her-replaced-on-trump-documents-case.html

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