Implications of Cannon special counsel ruling stretch beyond Trump case
An unorthodox ruling from Judge Aileen Cannon on special counsel appointments has already been eyed by Hunter Biden and earned an usually sharp rebuke from the attorney general as it plods along a path that could reach the Supreme Court.
Cannon sided with attorneys for former President Trump in a decision last month, agreeing to toss his Mar-a-Lago documents case after finding special counsel Jack Smith was not lawfully appointed.
It was a decision that came after Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas seemed to signal support for the lower court judge by wading into the matter in an unrelated Trump case.
The unusual ruling — one that legal experts say flies in the face of 50 years of decisions regarding special counsels — has ignited Smith’s second appeal in the case, which won’t be heard until October.
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