Trump praises Cannon in Justice Department speech
Source: The Hill
03/14/25 4:23 PM ET
President Trump praised Judge Aileen Cannon during his speech at the Justice Department, calling her strong and brilliant. We had an amazing judge in Florida, and her name is Aileen Cannon, Trump said. Spectators, he said, were hitting her so hard, public relations wise.
They were saying she was slow, she wasnt smart, she was totally biased. She loved Trump. I didnt know her other than I saw her the couple of days that I was in court, and I thought her decorum was amazing, Trump said. Actually, she was brilliant, she moved quickly. She was the absolute model of what a judge should be, and she was strong and tough, he added.
Trump made the comments in an unusual speech at Justice Department headquarters, a rare appearance from a president as most executives seek to maintain a firewall with the department.
Cannon repeatedly ruled in favor of Trump during the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, including ultimately tossing the case after siding with arguments from Trumps legal team that special counsel Jack Smith was unlawfully appointed. It was an unusual decision from Cannon, which countered 50 years of precedence on special counsel authority, including a ruling from the Supreme Court.
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This is why neither Garland nor Smith had a chance - between her and John Roberts.