Trump-appointed judge Aileen Cannon assigned to his documents case

Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee who took the extraordinary step of appointing a special master in the Mar-a-Lago case, may initially oversee the case, according to reporting from multiple outlets.

Cannon’s name appeared on the summons for Donald Trump’s Tuesday appearance, as did Judge Bruce Reinhart, who approved the warrant to search the former president’s Florida home, ABC News first reported Friday.

Rulings from Cannon substantially slowed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) investigation into Trump, in one instance barring prosecutors from using the classified documents they seized from the home.