Former President Donald J. Trump’s handling of sensitive government documents when he left office is at the center of a criminal investigation by the Justice Department.
Judge Aileen Cannon ruled that the entire case should be thrown out because the appointment of the special counsel who brought the case, Jack Smith, had violated the Constitution. Mr. Smith’s office said he would appeal.
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Judge Aileen Cannon’s rulings in the documents case had fueled questions about favoritism and legal acumen even before she threw out the charges that Donald Trump had mishandled classified documents.
By Alan Feuer and
Her decision rejected what the Supreme Court said in its landmark ruling in 1974.
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Before she was assigned Donald J. Trump’s classified documents case, she had little experience with criminal trials, and her impartiality came into question early on.
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Precedent and the rule of law? Not if it gets in the way.
By Jesse Wegman
Mr. Biden’s legal team pointed to a decision by a federal judge in Florida, who ruled that the special counsel in Mr. Trump’s case, Jack Smith, had been unconstitutionally appointed.
By Glenn Thrush
Judge Aileen Cannon’s move to throw out the case against former President Donald J. Trump could have far-reaching implications.
By Sabrina Tavernise, Alan Feuer, Nina Feldman, Will Reid, Asthaa Chaturvedi, Marc Georges, Paige Cowett, Rowan Niemisto, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Diane Wong and Alyssa Moxley
The effort to hold Donald Trump to account has already yielded a Supreme Court decision giving former presidents broad immunity. Now another case could make prosecuting political figures more complicated.
By Alan Feuer
Los fallos a lo largo de todo el proceso han alimentado preguntas sobre el favoritismo de la jueza, su experiencia profesional y su perspicacia legal.
By Alan Feuer and Eileen Sullivan
Readers strongly disagree with Judge Aileen Cannon’s decision.
Eight federal judges have rejected the claim that Judge Aileen Cannon has now endorsed that no law authorizes the appointment of a special counsel.
By Neal K. Katyal
Judge Cannon has shown a willingness to grant a serious audience to some of the former president’s most far-fetched defense claims.
By Alan Feuer
As Donald Trump heads to the Republican convention, his criminal cases look a lot less threatening.
By Alan Feuer and Maggie Haberman
In the case of the former president, it is far more dangerous to underestimate than to overestimate his capacity to wreak havoc.
By Thomas B. Edsall
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