Judge in Trump Classified Docs Case Accused of Pro-Trump Bias

Left-rated voices are expressing fear that Federal Judge Eileen Cannon— the judge assigned the Department of Justice’s case against former President Donald Trump— is biased toward Trump, who nominated her to be a federal judge in 2020. 

For Context: Cannon also presided over the legal battle following the Mar-a-Lago raid in August, when FBI agents executed a warrant search of Trump’s Florida residence, seizing over 100 documents with classified markings. Cannon was criticized during this legal proceeding for granting a motion from the Trump team to appoint a “special master” to review the seized documents and remove any materials protected by “executive privilege,” pausing the FBI’s investigation into the documents in a move The Hill (Center bias) deemed “extraordinary.” This decision was later appealed and overturned, with an appeals court ruling that despite unprecedented circumstances, the judiciary did not have “license to interfere in an ongoing investigation.”

From the Left: A Politico (Lean Left bias) analysis stated Trump won the “judicial lottery” having Cannon as his judge. Breaking down the power Cannon has in determining the speed, direction, and potential sentencing of the trial, the article determines she will hold “an even more powerful position to steer Trump’s legal fortunes.”

From the Right: A Townhall (Right bias) analysis outlined the criticism from left-rated voices, from her “presumed Republican” affiliation to her background as a member of the Federalist Society, a conservative legal organization. The article determined that Democrats are worried Cannon “could blow the Left's whole plan of destroying Trump.”