Aileen Cannon
Aileen Mercedes Cannon (born 1981) is a Colombian-born American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida since 2020. As president, Donald Trump nominated and appointed Canon to the federal bench after confirmation by the U.S. Senate in November 2020. Cannon worked for the corporate law firm Gibson Dunn from 2009 to 2012 and was a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of Florida from 2013 to 2020.
Aileen Cannon | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | |
| Assumed office November 13, 2020 | |
| Appointed by | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Kenneth Marra |
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| Born | Aileen Mercedes Cannon 1981 (age 42–43) Cali, Colombia |
| Political party | Republican |
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In 2022, Cannon presided over the case of Donald J. Trump v. United States of America. She ordered the U.S. government to pause using materials seized from Trump's private club and residence, Mar-a-Lago in its investigation and granted Trump's request for a special master to review the material. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed Cannon's order after it found she had wrongly exercised jurisdiction over the case. Cannon then dismissed Trump's lawsuit per instructions from the Eleventh Circuit.
Following an indictment in June 2023, Cannon has been overseeing federal criminal case against Trump. Some legal experts, citing her handling of the civil case against Trump, have called for her recusal from the case.