Florida Judge Aileen Cannon failed to disclose lavish trips hosted by an influential conservative law school amid her role in Trump’s document case.
failed to disclose her attendance at several right-wing judicial seminars — including one that took place after she began overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case, which she ultimately threw out — in apparent violation of federal court rules.
in May of 2023, Cannon attended a swanky banquet hosted by George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School — one of the leading conservative law schools in the nation. The school was renamed in honor of the late Supreme Court justice afterbrokered by Supreme Court architect Leonard Leo, who controls a billion-dollar dark money fund and serves as co-chair chairman of of the Federalist Society, the powerful conservative lawyers network.
Cannon, a longtime member of the Federalist Society, attended a lecture and dinner alongside members of the society, Scalia’s family members, and prominent federal judges, according to materials obtained byrequire judges to report travel reimbursements for such events within 30 days. Cannon made no such disclosure within the designated time limit, and it’s not the first time.
But for all of the criticism leveled against Cannon by experienced legal minds, the former president loves her. As previously, Trump has privately suggested that Cannon will be a model for judicial picks in a potential second term — and that Republicans “need more like her.
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